MNI DATA SURVEY: Japan February CGPI

     TOKYO (MNI) - The following is the median forecast from MNI's economist

survey for key Japanese data due in this week.

Date           JST/GMT   Data   Month   Median          Previous

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Thu, Mar 12  0850/2350   CGPI     Feb      1.0  % y/y        1.7

Thu, Mar 12  0850/2350   CGPI     Feb     -0.3  % m/m        0.2

Corporate Goods Price Index (CGPI)

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                                         Change y/y %  Change m/m %

Median Forecast                                   1.0          -0.3

High Forecast                                     1.5           0.2

Low Forecast                                      0.7          -0.6

Previous Month                                    1.7           0.2

Standard Deviation                                0.2           0.2

No. of Responses                                   12            11

                                         Change y/y %  Change m/m %

Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management                  1.5           0.2

Nomura Securities                                 1.3           N/A

BNP Paribas                                       1.2          -0.1

Daiwa Institute of Research                       1.1          -0.2

NLI Research Institute                            1.0          -0.3

Norinchukin Research Institute                    1.0          -0.3

Shinkinchuo Kinko                                 1.0          -0.3

Japan Research Institute                          0.9          -0.4

Mizuho Research Institute                         0.9          -0.4

Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities                    0.9          -0.6

Dai-ichi Life Research Institute                  0.7          -0.6

Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting            0.7          -0.6

--MNI Beijing Bureau; tel: +86 (10) 8532-5998; email: flora.guo@marketnews.com

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