MNI DATA SURVEY: Japan Sep Retails, Jobs and Industrial Output

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

for key Japanese data due in this week.

Date           JST/GMT               Data  Month  Median         Previous

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Tue, Oct 30  0830/2330  Unemployment Rate    Sep     2.4      %       2.4

Wed, Oct 31  0850/2350  Industrial Output    Sep    -0.3  % m/m       0.2

Unemployment Rate (Seasonally Adjusted)

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                                           %

Median Forecast                          2.4

High Forecast                            2.5

Low Forecast                             2.3

Previous Month                           2.4

Standard Deviation                       0.1

No. of Responses                          12

                                           %

Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities           2.5

NLI Research Institute                   2.5

SMBC Nikko Securities                    2.5

Dai-ichi Life Research Institute         2.4

Daiwa Institute of Research              2.4

Hamagin Research Institute               2.4

Japan Research Institute                 2.4

Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting   2.4

Nomura Securities                        2.4

Norinchukin Research Institute           2.4

Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management         2.4

Mizuho Research Institute                2.3

Preliminary Industrial Production

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                                        Change m/m %

Median Forecast                                 -0.3

High Forecast                                    0.5

Low Forecast                                    -1.0

Previous Month                                   0.2

Standard Deviation                               0.4

No. of Responses                                  13

                                        Change m/m %

Japan Research Institute                         0.5

BNP Paribas                                      0.3

Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management                -0.1

Daiwa Institute of Research                     -0.2

Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities                  -0.2

NLI Research Institute                          -0.3

Nomura Securities                               -0.3

SMBC Nikko Securities                           -0.3

Dai-ichi Life Research Institute                -0.4

Hamagin Research Institute                      -0.4

Mizuho Research Institute                       -0.6

Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting          -0.8

Norinchukin Research Institute                  -1.0

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