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MNI DATA SURVEY: Japan Jan Output, Retail, Jobs, Feb 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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Thu, Feb 28  0850/2350  Industrial Output    Jan    -2.6  % m/m      -0.1
Thu, Feb 28  0850/2350       Retail Sales    Jan     1.0  % y/y       1.3
Fri, Mar 1   0830/2330     Tokyo Core CPI    Feb     1.0  % y/y       1.1
Fri, Mar 1   0830/2330  Unemployment Rate    Jan     2.4      %       2.4
Preliminary Industrial Production
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                                        Change m/m %
Median Forecast                                 -2.6
High Forecast                                   -2.3
Low Forecast                                    -3.3
Previous Month                                  -0.1
Standard Deviation                               0.3
No. of Responses                                  13
                                        Change m/m %
Hamagin Research Institute                      -2.3
Japan Research Institute                        -2.3
Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management                -2.3
Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities                  -2.5
Nomura Securities                               -2.5
Norinchukin Research Institute                  -2.5
Dai-ichi Life Research Institute                -2.6
Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting          -2.6
Daiwa Institute of Research                     -2.7
Mizuho Research Institute                       -2.8
SMBC Nikko Securities                           -2.8
NLI Research Institute                          -3.0
BNP Paribas                                     -3.3
Preliminary Retail Sales
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                                        Change y/y %
Median Forecast                                  1.0
High Forecast                                    2.7
Low Forecast                                    -1.8
Previous Month                                   1.3
Standard Deviation                               1.3
No. of Responses                                   9
                                        Change y/y %
Nomura Securities                                2.7
Dai-ichi Life Research Institute                 1.6
NLI Research Institute                           1.6
Mizuho Research Institute                        1.1
Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting           1.0
Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management                 0.8
Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities                   0.6
Hamagin Research Institute                      -0.3
BNP Paribas                                     -1.8
Consumer Price Index (Excluding Fresh Food)
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                                             Tokyo % y/y
Median Forecast                                      1.0
High Forecast                                        1.1
Low Forecast                                         0.8
Previous Month                                       1.1
Standard Deviation                                   0.1
No. of Responses                                      12
                                             Tokyo % y/y
Japan Research Institute                             1.1
Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting               1.1
Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management                     1.1
Dai-ichi Life Research Institute                     1.0
Hamagin Research Institute                           1.0
Mizuho Research Institute                            1.0
Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities                       1.0
NLI Research Institute                               1.0
Nomura Securities                                    1.0
Norinchukin Research Institute                       1.0
SMBC Nikko Securities                                1.0
BNP Paribas                                          0.8
Unemployment Rate (Seasonally Adjusted)
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                                           %
Median Forecast                          2.4
High Forecast                            2.5
Low Forecast                             2.4
Previous Month                           2.4
Standard Deviation                       0.1
No. of Responses                          13
                                           %
BNP Paribas                              2.5
Daiwa Institute of Research              2.5
Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting   2.5
Nomura Securities                        2.5
Norinchukin Research Institute           2.5
Dai-ichi Life Research Institute         2.4
Hamagin Research Institute               2.4
Japan Research Institute                 2.4
Mizuho Research Institute                2.4
Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities           2.4
NLI Research Institute                   2.4
SMBC Nikko Securities                    2.4
Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management         2.4
--MNI Beijing Bureau; tel: +86 (10) 8532-5998; email: flora.guo@marketnews.com
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