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MNI DATA SURVEY: Japan February Trade Statistics, CPI

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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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Mon, Mar 18  0850/2350             Exports     Feb      0.7    % y/y       -8.4
Mon, Mar 18  0850/2350             Imports     Feb     -6.1    % y/y       -0.6
Mon, Mar 18  0850/2350       Trade Balance     Feb    353.1  bln yen    -1415.6
Fri, Mar 22  0830/2330   National Core CPI     Feb      0.8    % y/y        0.8
Trade Statistics Forecast
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                                          Exports   Imports  Trade Balance
                                            y/y %     y/y %      (bln yen)
Median Forecast                               0.7      -6.1          353.1
High Forecast                                 2.5      -3.3          637.7
Low Forecast                                 -2.5      -8.7           77.1
Previous Month                               -8.4      -0.6        -1415.6
Standard Deviation                            1.7       1.8          183.6
No. of Responses                               13        13             13
                                          Exports   Imports  Trade Balance
                                            y/y %     y/y %      (bln yen)
Norinchukin Research Institute                2.5      -5.0          484.7
NLI Research Institute                        1.8      -4.1          365.0
Hamagin Research Institute                    1.3      -8.2          597.5
Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management              1.2      -8.1          600.0
Nomura Securities                             1.2      -8.7          637.7
Mizuho Research Institute                     1.0      -4.7          353.1
Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities                0.7      -8.1          570.0
Japan Research Institute                     -0.9      -5.2          263.9
Daiwa Institute of Research                  -1.5      -6.5          310.2
BNP Paribas                                  -1.8      -6.1          281.1
Dai-ichi Life Research Institute             -1.9      -3.3           77.1
SMBC Nikko Securities                        -2.1      -4.2          118.7
Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting       -2.5      -7.2          300.0
Consumer Price Index (Excluding Fresh Food)
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                                              National % y/y
Median Forecast                                          0.8
High Forecast                                            0.8
Low Forecast                                             0.7
Previous Month                                           0.8
Standard Deviation                                       0.0
No. of Responses                                          12
                                              National % y/y
BNP Paribas                                              0.8
Dai-ichi Life Research Institute                         0.8
Hamagin Research Institute                               0.8
Japan Research Institute                                 0.8
Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting                   0.8
Mizuho Research Institute                                0.8
Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities                           0.8
Nomura Securities                                        0.8
Norinchukin Research Institute                           0.8
Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management                         0.8
NLI Research Institute                                   0.7
SMBC Nikko Securities                                    0.7
Consumer Price Index (Excluding Fresh Food)
--MNI Beijing Bureau; tel: +86 (10) 8532-5998; email: flora.guo@marketnews.com
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