MNI DATA SURVEY: Japan February Household Spending

     TOKYO (MNI) - The following is the median forecast for the key Japanese

data due in the coming week provided by economists surveyed by MNI.

Date          JST/GMT                Data  Month  Median         Previous

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Fri, Apr 6  0830/2330  Household Spending    Feb     0.1  % y/y       1.9

Real Spending (Households With Two Or More People)

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                                                    Change y/y %

Median Forecast                                              0.1

High Forecast                                                2.3

Low Forecast                                                -1.4

Previous Month                                               1.9

Standard Deviation                                           1.1

No. of Responses                                              14

                                                    Change y/y %

Barclays Securities                                          2.3

Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management                             1.6

Daiwa Institute of Research                                  1.3

Norinchukin Research Institute                               0.6

NLI Research Institute                                       0.4

BNP Paribas                                                  0.3

Dai-ichi Life Research Institute                             0.3

Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities                              -0.2

Nomura Securities                                           -0.4

Mizuho Research Institute                                   -0.7

Hamagin Research Institute                                  -0.9

SMBC Nikko Securities                                       -1.0

Japan Research Institute                                    -1.4

Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting                      -1.4

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