MNI DATA SURVEY: Japan Oct Household, Sep Machinery Orders

     TOKYO (MNI) - The following are the MNI economist survey median forecasts

for key Japanese data due in the coming week.

Date          JST/GMT                 Data   Month   Median          Previous

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Tue, Nov 6  0830/2330   Household Spending     Oct      1.6  % y/y        2.8

Thu, Nov 8  0850/2350    Machinery  Orders     Sep     -9.9  % m/m        6.8

Real Spending (Households With Two Or More People)

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                                                    Change y/y %

Median Forecast                                              1.6

High Forecast                                                2.1

Low Forecast                                                -1.9

Previous Month                                               2.8

Standard Deviation                                           1.2

No. of Responses                                              13

                                                    Change y/y %

Nomura Securities                                            2.1

Japan Research Institute                                     1.9

NLI Research Institute                                       1.8

Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management                             1.8

Dai-ichi Life Research Institute                             1.6

Daiwa Institute of Research                                  1.6

Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities                               1.6

BNP Paribas                                                  1.5

Norinchukin Research Institute                               1.5

Mizuho Research Institute                                    0.5

Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting                       0.0

Hamagin Research Institute                                  -0.2

SMBC Nikko Securities                                       -1.9

Core Private-Sector Machinery Orders

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                                         Change m/m %

Median Forecast                                  -9.9

High Forecast                                    -8.3

Low Forecast                                    -11.2

Previous Month                                    6.8

Standard Deviation                                0.9

No. of Responses                                   13

                                         Change m/m %

Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting           -8.3

Mizuho Research Institute                        -8.9

BNP Paribas                                      -9.0

Dai-ichi Life Research Institute                 -9.0

Nomura Securities                                -9.0

SMBC Nikko Securities                            -9.0

Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management                 -9.9

Norinchukin Research Institute                  -10.0

Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities                  -10.1

Japan Research Institute                        -10.5

Daiwa Institute of Research                     -10.8

NLI Research Institute                          -10.9

Hamagin Research Institute                      -11.2

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

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