MNI DATA SURVEY: Japan January CPI

     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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Fri, Feb 21  0830/2330  National Core CPI    Jan     0.7  % y/y       0.7

Consumer Price Index (Excluding Fresh Food)

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                                             National % y/y

Median Forecast                                         0.7

High Forecast                                           0.8

Low Forecast                                            0.6

Previous Month                                          0.7

Standard Deviation                                      0.1

No. of Responses                                         12

                                             National % y/y

Dai-ichi Life Research Institute                        0.8

Japan Research Institute                                0.8

Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting                  0.8

NLI Research Institute                                  0.8

SMBC Nikko Securities                                   0.8

BNP Paribas                                             0.7

Daiwa Institute of Research                             0.7

Mizuho Research Institute                               0.7

Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities                          0.7

Nomura Securities                                       0.7

Norinchukin Research Institute                          0.6

Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management                        0.6

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

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