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MNI DATA SURVEY: Japan December Output, Jobs

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     TOKYO (MNI) - The following are the median forecasts from MNI's economist
survey for key Japanese data due in the coming week.
Date           JST/GMT               Data  Month  Median         Previous
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Thu, Jan 31  0850/2350  Industrial Output    Dec    -0.3  % m/m      -1.0
Fri, Feb 1   0830/2330  Unemployment Rate    Dec     2.5      %       2.5
Preliminary Industrial Production
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                                        Change m/m %
Median Forecast                                 -0.3
High Forecast                                    0.5
Low Forecast                                    -0.9
Previous Month                                  -1.0
Standard Deviation                               0.4
No. of Responses                                  13
                                        Change m/m %
Japan Research Institute                         0.5
Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management                 0.2
SMBC Nikko Securities                           -0.2
Dai-ichi Life Research Institute                -0.3
Hamagin Research Institute                      -0.3
Mizuho Research Institute                       -0.3
Norinchukin Research Institute                  -0.3
BNP Paribas                                     -0.4
Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting          -0.5
Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities                  -0.5
Nomura Securities                               -0.5
NLI Research Institute                          -0.8
Daiwa Institute of Research                     -0.9
Unemployment Rate (Seasonally Adjusted)
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                                           %
Median Forecast                          2.5
High Forecast                            2.5
Low Forecast                             2.4
Previous Month                           2.5
Standard Deviation                       0.1
No. of Responses                          13
                                           %
BNP Paribas                              2.5
Dai-ichi Life Research Institute         2.5
Daiwa Institute of Research              2.5
Hamagin Research Institute               2.5
NLI Research Institute                   2.5
Nomura Securities                        2.5
SMBC Nikko Securities                    2.5
Japan Research Institute                 2.4
Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting   2.4
Mizuho Research Institute                2.4
Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities           2.4
Norinchukin Research Institute           2.4
Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management         2.4
--MNI Beijing Bureau; tel: +86 (10) 8532-5998; email: flora.guo@marketnews.com
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