MNI DATA SURVEY: Japan May Spending, Orders; Jun CGPI

     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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Tue, Jul 7   0830/2330  Household Spending    May   -12.4  % y/y     -11.1

Thu, Jul 9   0850/2350    Machinery Orders    May    -5.6  % m/m     -12.0

Fri, Jul 10  0850/2350                CGPI    Jun    -2.0  % y/y      -2.7

Fri, Jul 10  0850/2350                CGPI    Jun     0.2  % m/m      -0.4

Real Spending (Households With Two Or More People)

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                                                    Change y/y %

Median Forecast                                            -12.4

High Forecast                                               -8.3

Low Forecast                                               -14.4

Previous Month                                             -11.1

Standard Deviation                                           1.8

No. of Responses                                              12

                                                    Change y/y %

Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities                              -8.3

Norinchukin Research Institute                             -10.0

Mizuho Research Institute                                  -10.1

Japan Research Institute                                   -10.6

BNP Paribas                                                -12.2

SMBC Nikko Securities                                      -12.3

Nomura Securities                                          -12.5

Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management                           -12.7

Dai-ichi Life Research Institute                           -13.0

NLI Research Institute                                     -13.1

Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting                     -13.9

Daiwa Institute of Research                                -14.4

Core Private-Sector Machinery Orders

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                                        Change m/m %

Median Forecast                                 -5.6

High Forecast                                    2.1

Low Forecast                                   -11.0

Previous Month                                 -12.0

Standard Deviation                               4.0

No. of Responses                                  12

                                        Change m/m %

NLI Research Institute                           2.1

Japan Research Institute                         2.0

Daiwa Institute of Research                     -2.3

Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting          -3.0

Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management                -3.2

Dai-ichi Life Research Institute                -5.5

Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities                  -5.7

Nomura Securities                               -5.9

SMBC Nikko Securities                           -6.2

BNP Paribas                                     -8.0

Mizuho Research Institute                       -8.9

Norinchukin Research Institute                 -11.0

Corporate Goods Price Index (CGPI)

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                                        Change y/y %  Change m/m %

Median Forecast                                 -2.0           0.2

High Forecast                                   -1.4           0.7

Low Forecast                                    -2.4          -0.3

Previous Month                                  -2.7          -0.4

Standard Deviation                               0.4           0.4

No. of Responses                                  11            10

                                        Change y/y %  Change m/m %

Dai-ichi Life Research Institute                -1.4           0.7

Mizuho Research Institute                       -1.6           0.5

NLI Research Institute                          -1.6           0.5

Daiwa Institute of Research                     -1.7           0.4

Japan Research Institute                        -1.7           0.4

Nomura Securities                               -2.0           N/A

Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting          -2.2          -0.1

Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities                  -2.3          -0.1

BNP Paribas                                     -2.4          -0.3

Norinchukin Research Institute                  -2.4          -0.3

Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management                -2.4          -0.3

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