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MNI DATA SURVEY: Japan December Trade, January Tokyo CPI

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     TOKYO (MNI) - The following are the median forecasts from MNI's economist
survey for key Japanese data due in this week.
Date           JST/GMT            Data  Month  Median           Previous
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Wed, Jan 23  0850/2350         Exports    Dec    -1.3    % y/y       0.1
Wed, Jan 23  0850/2350         Imports    Dec     3.7    % y/y      12.5
Wed, Jan 23  0850/2350   Trade Balance    Dec     0.0  bln yen    -737.7
Fri, Jan 25  0830/2330  Tokyo Core CPI    Jan     0.9    % y/y       0.9
Trade Statistics Forecast
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                                        Exports  Imports  Trade Balance
                                          y/y %    y/y %      (bln yen)
Median Forecast                            -1.3      3.7            0.0
High Forecast                              -0.5      6.0          250.6
Low Forecast                               -3.4      1.3         -105.7
Previous Month                              0.1     12.5         -737.7
Standard Deviation                          1.0      1.7          102.8
No. of Responses                             12       12             13
                                        Exports  Imports  Trade Balance
                                          y/y %    y/y %      (bln yen)
BNP Paribas                                 N/A      N/A         -105.7
Mizuho Research Institute                  -0.5      5.0          -29.5
Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management           -0.7      4.4            0.0
Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting     -0.7      2.9          100.0
Norinchukin Research Institute             -1.0      4.5          -29.5
Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities             -1.3      5.2         -100.0
Hamagin Research Institute                 -1.3      4.9          -76.2
NLI Research Institute                     -1.3      1.7          148.7
Daiwa Institute of Research                -2.6      6.0          250.6
Dai-ichi Life Research Institute           -2.7      1.4           61.7
SMBC Nikko Securities                      -2.8      2.6          -30.6
Nomura Securities                          -2.9      1.3           56.3
Japan Research Institute                   -3.4      1.5            6.0
Consumer Price Index (Excluding Fresh Food)
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                                             Tokyo % y/y
Median Forecast                                      0.9
High Forecast                                        1.0
Low Forecast                                         0.7
Previous Month                                       0.9
Standard Deviation                                   0.1
No. of Responses                                      12
                                             Tokyo % y/y
Japan Research Institute                             1.0
Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting               1.0
Mizuho Research Institute                            0.9
Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities                       0.9
NLI Research Institute                               0.9
Nomura Securities                                    0.9
SMBC Nikko Securities                                0.9
Dai-ichi Life Research Institute                     0.8
Hamagin Research Institute                           0.8
Norinchukin Research Institute                       0.8
Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management                     0.8
BNP Paribas                                          0.7
--MNI Beijing Bureau; tel: +86 (10) 8532-5998; email: flora.guo@marketnews.com
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