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

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     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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Fri, May 31  0830/2330      Tokyo Core CPI     May      1.3  % y/y        1.3
Fri, May 31  0830/2330   Unemployment Rate     Apr      2.4      %        2.5
Fri, May 31  0850/2350   Industrial Output     Apr      0.2  % m/m       -0.6
Fri, May 31  0850/2350        Retail Sales     Apr      1.0  % y/y        1.0
Consumer Price Index (Excluding Fresh Food)
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                                              Tokyo % y/y
Median Forecast                                       1.3
High Forecast                                         1.3
Low Forecast                                          0.8
Previous Month                                        1.3
Standard Deviation                                    0.1
No. of Responses                                       12
                                              Tokyo % y/y
BNP Paribas                                           1.3
Dai-ichi Life Research Institute                      1.3
Hamagin Research Institute                            1.3
Mizuho Research Institute                             1.3
Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities                        1.3
SMBC Nikko Securities                                 1.3
Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management                      1.3
Japan Research Institute                              1.2
Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting                1.2
NLI Research Institute                                1.2
Nomura Securities                                     1.1
Norinchukin Research Institute                        0.8
Unemployment Rate (Seasonally Adjusted)
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                                           %
Median Forecast                          2.4
High Forecast                            2.5
Low Forecast                             2.4
Previous Month                           2.5
Standard Deviation                       0.1
No. of Responses                          13
                                           %
Dai-ichi Life Research Institute         2.5
Daiwa Institute of Research              2.5
Japan Research Institute                 2.5
Mizuho Research Institute                2.5
NLI Research Institute                   2.5
Nomura Securities                        2.5
BNP Paribas                              2.4
Hamagin Research Institute               2.4
Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting   2.4
Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities           2.4
Norinchukin Research Institute           2.4
SMBC Nikko Securities                    2.4
Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management         2.4
Preliminary Industrial Production
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                                         Change m/m %
Median Forecast                                   0.2
High Forecast                                     1.2
Low Forecast                                     -0.8
Previous Month                                   -0.6
Standard Deviation                                0.5
No. of Responses                                   13
                                         Change m/m %
SMBC Nikko Securities                             1.2
Norinchukin Research Institute                    0.5
Dai-ichi Life Research Institute                  0.4
BNP Paribas                                       0.3
Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management                  0.3
Hamagin Research Institute                        0.2
Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities                    0.2
Daiwa Institute of Research                       0.1
Japan Research Institute                         -0.3
Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting           -0.3
NLI Research Institute                           -0.3
Nomura Securities                                -0.3
Mizuho Research Institute                        -0.8
Preliminary Retail Sales
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                                         Change y/y %
Median Forecast                                   1.0
High Forecast                                     1.5
Low Forecast                                      0.8
Previous Month                                    1.0
Standard Deviation                                0.3
No. of Responses                                   10
                                         Change y/y %
Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting            1.5
NLI Research Institute                            1.5
Japan Research Institute                          1.3
Hamagin Research Institute                        1.1
Nomura Securities                                 1.0
Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management                  1.0
Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities                    0.9
BNP Paribas                                       0.8
Dai-ichi Life Research Institute                  0.8
Mizuho Research Institute                         0.8
--MNI Beijing Bureau; tel: +86 (10) 8532-5998; email: flora.guo@marketnews.com
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