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MNI DATA SURVEY: Tokyo Apr CPI, Japan Mar Jobs, Output, Retail

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     TOKYO (MNI) - The following are the median forecasts for the key Japanese
data due this week provided by economists surveyed by MNI.
Date           JST/GMT                Data   Month   Median          Previous
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Fri, Apr 27  0830/2330      Tokyo Core CPI     Apr      0.8  % y/y        0.8
Fri, Apr 27  0830/2330   Unemployment Rate     Mar      2.5      %        2.5
Fri, Apr 27  0850/2350   Industrial Output     Mar      0.5  % m/m        2.0
Fri, Apr 27  0850/2350        Retail Sales     Mar      1.3  % y/y        1.7
Consumer Price Index (Excluding Fresh Food)
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                                              Tokyo % y/y
Median Forecast                                       0.8
High Forecast                                         0.8
Low Forecast                                          0.6
Previous Month                                        0.8
Standard Deviation                                    0.1
No. of Responses                                       12
                                              Tokyo % y/y
BNP Paribas                                           0.8
Dai-ichi Life Research Institute                      0.8
Hamagin Research Institute                            0.8
Japan Research Institute                              0.8
Mizuho Research Institute                             0.8
Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities                        0.8
NLI Research Institute                                0.8
Nomura Securities                                     0.8
SMBC Nikko Securities                                 0.8
Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management                      0.8
Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting                0.7
Barclays Securities                                   0.6
Unemployment Rate (Seasonally Adjusted)
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                                           %
Median Forecast                          2.5
High Forecast                            2.6
Low Forecast                             2.5
Previous Month                           2.5
Standard Deviation                       0.0
No. of Responses                          14
                                           %
Mizuho Research Institute                2.6
Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities           2.6
NLI Research Institute                   2.6
Barclays Securities                      2.5
BNP Paribas                              2.5
Dai-ichi Life Research Institute         2.5
Daiwa Institute of Research              2.5
Hamagin Research Institute               2.5
Japan Research Institute                 2.5
Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting   2.5
Nomura Securities                        2.5
Norinchukin Research Institute           2.5
SMBC Nikko Securities                    2.5
Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management         2.5
Preliminary Industrial Production
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                                         Change m/m %
Median Forecast                                   0.5
High Forecast                                     1.1
Low Forecast                                     -0.1
Previous Month                                    2.0
Standard Deviation                                0.3
No. of Responses                                   14
                                         Change m/m %
Daiwa Institute of Research                       1.1
Mizuho Research Institute                         0.9
Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management                  0.8
Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities                    0.7
BNP Paribas                                       0.6
Barclays Securities                               0.5
Hamagin Research Institute                        0.5
SMBC Nikko Securities                             0.5
Japan Research Institute                          0.4
Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting            0.3
Dai-ichi Life Research Institute                  0.2
NLI Research Institute                            0.1
Nomura Securities                                 0.0
Norinchukin Research Institute                   -0.1
Preliminary Retail Sales
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                                         Change y/y %
Median Forecast                                   1.3
High Forecast                                     2.4
Low Forecast                                      1.0
Previous Month                                    1.7
Standard Deviation                                0.5
No. of Responses                                   10
                                         Change y/y %
BNP Paribas                                       2.4
Japan Research Institute                          2.2
NLI Research Institute                            1.8
Dai-ichi Life Research Institute                  1.6
Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities                    1.3
Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management                  1.3
Mizuho Research Institute                         1.2
Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting            1.1
Hamagin Research Institute                        1.0
Nomura Securities                                 1.0
--MNI Beijing Bureau; tel: +86 (10) 8532-5998; email: flora.guo@marketnews.com
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