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MNI DATA SURVEY: Japan May Retail Sales, Jobs, Output

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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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Mon, Jun 29  0850/2350       Retail Sales    May   -12.0  % y/y     -13.9
Tue, Jun 30  0830/2330  Unemployment Rate    May     2.9      %       2.6
Tue, Jun 30  0850/2350  Industrial Output    May    -5.8  % m/m      -9.8
Preliminary Retail Sales
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                                        Change y/y %
Median Forecast                                -12.0
High Forecast                                   -9.9
Low Forecast                                   -18.0
Previous Month                                 -13.9
Standard Deviation                               2.3
No. of Responses                                   9
                                        Change y/y %
NLI Research Institute                          -9.9
Japan Research Institute                       -11.0
Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities                 -11.5
Nomura Securities                              -11.5
Dai-ichi Life Research Institute               -12.0
BNP Paribas                                    -12.2
Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting         -12.7
Mizuho Research Institute                      -13.2
Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management               -18.0
Unemployment Rate (Seasonally Adjusted)
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                                           %
Median Forecast                          2.9
High Forecast                            3.2
Low Forecast                             2.7
Previous Month                           2.6
Standard Deviation                       0.1
No. of Responses                          12
                                           %
Mizuho Research Institute                3.2
Daiwa Institute of Research              3.0
Dai-ichi Life Research Institute         2.9
Japan Research Institute                 2.9
Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting   2.9
NLI Research Institute                   2.9
SMBC Nikko Securities                    2.9
BNP Paribas                              2.8
Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities           2.8
Nomura Securities                        2.8
Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management         2.8
Norinchukin Research Institute           2.7
Preliminary Industrial Production
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                                        Change m/m %
Median Forecast                                 -5.8
High Forecast                                   -3.8
Low Forecast                                    -7.5
Previous Month                                  -9.8
Standard Deviation                               0.9
No. of Responses                                  12
                                        Change m/m %
Japan Research Institute                        -3.8
Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting          -5.0
Nomura Securities                               -5.1
Dai-ichi Life Research Institute                -5.2
SMBC Nikko Securities                           -5.6
Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management                -5.7
Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities                  -5.8
BNP Paribas                                     -6.0
Norinchukin Research Institute                  -6.0
Daiwa Institute of Research                     -6.2
NLI Research Institute                          -6.5
Mizuho Research Institute                       -7.5
--MNI Beijing Bureau; tel: +86 (10) 8532-5998; email: flora.guo@marketnews.com
--MNI London Bureau; tel: +44 203-586-2225; email: les.commons@marketnews.com
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