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MNI DATA SURVEY: Japan Feb Jobs, Output, Retail, Mar 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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Fri, Mar 29  0830/2330     Tokyo Core CPI    Mar     1.1  % y/y       1.1
Fri, Mar 29  0830/2330  Unemployment Rate    Feb     2.5      %       2.5
Fri, Mar 29  0850/2350  Industrial Output    Feb     1.0  % m/m      -3.4
Fri, Mar 29  0850/2350       Retail Sales    Feb     1.2  % y/y       0.6
Consumer Price Index (Excluding Fresh Food)
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                                             Tokyo % y/y
Median Forecast                                      1.1
High Forecast                                        1.3
Low Forecast                                         1.0
Previous Month                                       1.1
Standard Deviation                                   0.1
No. of Responses                                      12
                                             Tokyo % y/y
BNP Paribas                                          1.3
Japan Research Institute                             1.3
Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting               1.2
Dai-ichi Life Research Institute                     1.1
Hamagin Research Institute                           1.1
Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities                       1.1
NLI Research Institute                               1.1
Nomura Securities                                    1.1
SMBC Nikko Securities                                1.1
Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management                     1.1
Mizuho Research Institute                            1.0
Norinchukin Research Institute                       1.0
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
Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting   2.5
NLI Research Institute                   2.5
Nomura Securities                        2.5
SMBC Nikko Securities                    2.5
Hamagin Research Institute               2.4
Japan Research Institute                 2.4
Mizuho Research Institute                2.4
Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities           2.4
Norinchukin Research Institute           2.4
Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management         2.4
Preliminary Industrial Production
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                                        Change m/m %
Median Forecast                                  1.0
High Forecast                                    2.8
Low Forecast                                     0.7
Previous Month                                  -3.4
Standard Deviation                               0.7
No. of Responses                                  13
                                        Change m/m %
NLI Research Institute                           2.8
Dai-ichi Life Research Institute                 2.5
SMBC Nikko Securities                            2.4
BNP Paribas                                      1.5
Hamagin Research Institute                       1.4
Japan Research Institute                         1.4
Daiwa Institute of Research                      1.0
Mizuho Research Institute                        1.0
Nomura Securities                                1.0
Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management                 1.0
Norinchukin Research Institute                   0.9
Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting           0.8
Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities                   0.7
Preliminary Retail Sales
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                                        Change y/y %
Median Forecast                                  1.2
High Forecast                                    1.5
Low Forecast                                     0.5
Previous Month                                   0.6
Standard Deviation                               0.3
No. of Responses                                  10
                                        Change y/y %
BNP Paribas                                      1.5
Nomura Securities                                1.5
Dai-ichi Life Research Institute                 1.4
Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting           1.3
Mizuho Research Institute                        1.2
NLI Research Institute                           1.1
Hamagin Research Institute                       1.0
Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities                   0.8
Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management                 0.8
Japan Research Institute                         0.5
--MNI Beijing Bureau; tel: +86 (10) 8532-5998; email: flora.guo@marketnews.com
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