MNI DATA SURVEY: Japan October CGPI

     TOKYO (MNI) - The following are the median forecast 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, Nov 13  0850/2350  CGPI    Oct    -0.3  % y/y      -1.1

Wed, Nov 13  0850/2350  CGPI    Oct     1.2  % m/m       0.0

Corporate Goods Price Index (CGPI)

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                                        Change y/y %  Change m/m %

Median Forecast                                 -0.3           1.2

High Forecast                                    1.5           1.5

Low Forecast                                    -1.7          -0.1

Previous Month                                  -1.1           0.0

Standard Deviation                               0.9           0.7

No. of Responses                                  10             9

                                        Change y/y %  Change m/m %

Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities                   1.5          -0.1

Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting           0.0           1.5

NLI Research Institute                           0.0           1.5

BNP Paribas                                     -0.2           1.3

Dai-ichi Life Research Institute                -0.3           1.2

Japan Research Institute                        -0.3           1.2

Hamagin Research Institute                      -1.0           0.5

Daiwa Institute of Research                     -1.3           0.2

Mizuho Research Institute                       -1.5          -0.0

Nomura Securities                               -1.7           N/A

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