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MNI DATA SURVEY: Japan Mar Output, Retail, Apr 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, Apr 30  0850/2350  Industrial Output    Mar    -5.5  % m/m      -0.3
Thu, Apr 30  0850/2350       Retail Sales    Mar    -4.6  % y/y       1.6
Fri, Mar 27  0830/2330     Tokyo Core CPI    Apr     0.1  % y/y       0.4
Preliminary Industrial Production
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                                        Change m/m %
Median Forecast                                 -5.5
High Forecast                                   -3.8
Low Forecast                                    -8.6
Previous Month                                  -0.3
Standard Deviation                               1.3
No. of Responses                                  12
                                        Change m/m %
SMBC Nikko Securities                           -3.8
BNP Paribas                                     -4.5
Norinchukin Research Institute                  -4.6
Shinkinchuo Kinko                               -4.8
Nomura Securities                               -5.0
Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities                  -5.2
Daiwa Institute of Research                     -5.8
Dai-ichi Life Research Institute                -6.0
Japan Research Institute                        -6.2
Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting          -6.5
Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management                -6.9
NLI Research Institute                          -8.6
Preliminary Retail Sales
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                                        Change y/y %
Median Forecast                                 -4.6
High Forecast                                   -0.6
Low Forecast                                    -5.9
Previous Month                                   1.6
Standard Deviation                               2.1
No. of Responses                                   9
                                        Change y/y %
Nomura Securities                               -0.6
Shinkinchuo Kinko                               -0.7
Japan Research Institute                        -3.4
BNP Paribas                                     -3.6
Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management                -4.6
Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities                  -4.7
Dai-ichi Life Research Institute                -5.7
Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting          -5.9
NLI Research Institute                          -5.9
Consumer Price Index (Excluding Fresh Food)
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                                             Tokyo % y/y
Median Forecast                                      0.1
High Forecast                                        0.4
Low Forecast                                         0.0
Previous Month                                       0.4
Standard Deviation                                   0.1
No. of Responses                                      11
                                             Tokyo % y/y
Japan Research Institute                             0.4
Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management                     0.3
Dai-ichi Life Research Institute                     0.2
Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting               0.2
Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities                       0.1
NLI Research Institute                               0.1
Nomura Securities                                    0.1
Norinchukin Research Institute                       0.1
Shinkinchuo Kinko                                    0.1
BNP Paribas                                          0.0
SMBC Nikko Securities                                0.0
--MNI Beijing Bureau; tel: +86 (10) 8532-5998; email: flora.guo@marketnews.com
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