MNI DATA SURVEY: Japan Mar Machinery Orders, Apr Trade, 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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Wed, May 20  0850/2350   Machinery  Orders     Mar     -7.1    % m/m        2.3

Thu, May 21  0850/2350             Exports     Apr    -23.1    % y/y      -11.7

Thu, May 21  0850/2350             Imports     Apr    -12.8    % y/y       -5.0

Thu, May 21  0850/2350       Trade Balance     Apr   -510.0  bln yen        5.4

Fri, May 22  0830/2330   National Core CPI     Apr     -0.1    % y/y        0.4

Core Private-Sector Machinery Orders

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                                         Change m/m %

Median Forecast                                  -7.1

High Forecast                                    -4.7

Low Forecast                                    -12.0

Previous Month                                    2.3

Standard Deviation                                2.5

No. of Responses                                   12

                                         Change m/m %

Nomura Securities                                -4.7

Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting           -5.0

Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities                   -6.2

BNP Paribas                                      -6.4

Daiwa Institute of Research                      -6.5

Japan Research Institute                         -7.0

NLI Research Institute                           -7.2

Dai-ichi Life Research Institute                 -9.0

Norinchukin Research Institute                  -10.0

Shinkinchuo Kinko                               -11.0

Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management                -11.4

SMBC Nikko Securities                           -12.0

Trade Statistics Forecast

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                                          Exports   Imports  Trade Balance

                                            y/y %     y/y %      (bln yen)

Median Forecast                             -23.1     -12.8         -510.0

High Forecast                               -18.7      -6.6         -397.0

Low Forecast                                -25.7     -18.0       -1,051.9

Previous Month                              -11.7      -5.0            5.4

Standard Deviation                            2.1       3.1          191.0

No. of Responses                               11        11             12

                                          Exports   Imports  Trade Balance

                                            y/y %     y/y %      (bln yen)

BNP Paribas                                   N/A       N/A         -399.7

Japan Research Institute                    -18.7     -11.9         -397.0

Shinkinchuo Kinko                           -20.5     -12.8         -460.0

Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting      -21.2     -10.7         -650.0

Daiwa Institute of Research                 -21.4     -14.4         -416.0

Dai-ichi Life Research Institute            -22.3     -12.0         -634.5

Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities              -23.1     -16.3         -400.0

Nomura Securities                           -23.2      -6.6       -1,051.9

NLI Research Institute                      -23.5     -12.5         -679.6

Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management            -24.1     -14.9         -560.0

Norinchukin Research Institute              -25.0     -18.0         -418.1

SMBC Nikko Securities                       -25.7     -15.8         -612.6

Consumer Price Index (Excluding Fresh Food)

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                                              National % y/y

Median Forecast                                         -0.1

High Forecast                                            0.2

Low Forecast                                            -0.2

Previous Month                                           0.4

Standard Deviation                                       0.1

No. of Responses                                          12

                                              National % y/y

Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting                   0.2

BNP Paribas                                             -0.1

Daiwa Institute of Research                             -0.1

Japan Research Institute                                -0.1

Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities                          -0.1

Nomura Securities                                       -0.1

Norinchukin Research Institute                          -0.1

Shinkinchuo Kinko                                       -0.1

Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management                        -0.1

Dai-ichi Life Research Institute                        -0.2

NLI Research Institute                                  -0.2

SMBC Nikko Securities                                   -0.2

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