MNI DATA SURVEY: Japan Jan Jobs, Output, Retail, Feb Tokyo CPI

     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, Feb 28  0830/2330      Tokyo Core CPI     Feb      0.6  % y/y        0.7

Fri, Feb 28  0830/2330   Unemployment Rate     Jan      2.2      %        2.2

Fri, Feb 28  0850/2350   Industrial Output     Jan      0.3  % m/m        1.2

Fri, Feb 28  0850/2350        Retail Sales     Jan     -1.0  % y/y       -2.6

Consumer Price Index (Excluding Fresh Food)

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                                              Tokyo % y/y

Median Forecast                                       0.6

High Forecast                                         0.7

Low Forecast                                          0.5

Previous Month                                        0.7

Standard Deviation                                    0.1

No. of Responses                                       11

                                              Tokyo % y/y

Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting                0.7

Nomura Securities                                     0.7

Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management                      0.7

Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities                        0.6

Norinchukin Research Institute                        0.6

Shinkinchuo Kinko                                     0.6

BNP Paribas                                           0.5

Dai-ichi Life Research Institute                      0.5

Mizuho Research Institute                             0.5

NLI Research Institute                                0.5

SMBC Nikko Securities                                 0.5

Unemployment Rate (Seasonally Adjusted)

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                                           %

Median Forecast                          2.2

High Forecast                            2.3

Low Forecast                             2.1

Previous Month                           2.2

Standard Deviation                       0.1

No. of Responses                          12

                                           %

BNP Paribas                              2.3

Dai-ichi Life Research Institute         2.3

NLI Research Institute                   2.3

Norinchukin Research Institute           2.3

Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting   2.2

Mizuho Research Institute                2.2

Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities           2.2

Nomura Securities                        2.2

Shinkinchuo Kinko                        2.2

SMBC Nikko Securities                    2.2

Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management         2.2

Daiwa Institute of Research              2.1

Preliminary Industrial Production

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                                         Change m/m %

Median Forecast                                   0.3

High Forecast                                     1.3

Low Forecast                                     -0.5

Previous Month                                    1.2

Standard Deviation                                0.5

No. of Responses                                   12

                                         Change m/m %

Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting            1.3

Dai-ichi Life Research Institute                  0.7

BNP Paribas                                       0.5

Shinkinchuo Kinko                                 0.5

Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management                  0.5

Mizuho Research Institute                         0.3

Daiwa Institute of Research                       0.2

Nomura Securities                                 0.2

NLI Research Institute                            0.1

Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities                   -0.2

Norinchukin Research Institute                   -0.3

SMBC Nikko Securities                            -0.5

Preliminary Retail Sales

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                                         Change y/y %

Median Forecast                                  -1.0

High Forecast                                     0.0

Low Forecast                                     -1.6

Previous Month                                   -2.6

Standard Deviation                                0.6

No. of Responses                                    9

                                         Change y/y %

BNP Paribas                                       0.0

Nomura Securities                                -0.3

Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting           -0.4

Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities                   -0.7

NLI Research Institute                           -1.0

Shinkinchuo Kinko                                -1.1

Mizuho Research Institute                        -1.4

Dai-ichi Life Research Institute                 -1.6

Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management                 -1.6

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

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