MNI Japan Survey: Apr CGPI, Mar Machinery Orders, Apr CPI

     TOKYO (MNI) - The following are the median forecasts for the key Japanese

data due in the coming week provided by economists surveyed by MNI.

Date           JST/GMT               Data  Month  Median         Previous

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Mon, May 14  0850/2350               CGPI    Apr     2.1  % y/y       2.1

Mon, May 14  0850/2350               CGPI    Apr     0.0  % m/m      -0.1

Thu, May 17  0850/2350   Machinery Orders    Mar    -2.0  % m/m       2.1

Fri, May 18  0830/2330  National Core CPI    Apr     0.8  % y/y       0.9

Corporate Goods Price Index (CGPI)

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                                        Change y/y %  Change m/m %

Median Forecast                                  2.1           0.0

High Forecast                                    2.6           0.4

Low Forecast                                     1.8          -0.1

Previous Month                                   2.1          -0.1

Standard Deviation                               0.3           0.2

No. of Responses                                  12            11

                                        Change y/y %  Change m/m %

Nomura Securities                                2.6            na

Hamagin Research Institute                       2.3           0.4

NLI Research Institute                           2.3           0.4

Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management                 2.3           0.4

Daiwa Institute of Research                      2.2           0.3

Japan Research Institute                         2.1           0.2

Mizuho Research Institute                        2.0           0.0

BNP Paribas                                      1.9           0.0

Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities                   1.9           0.0

Dai-ichi Life Research Institute                 1.8          -0.1

Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting           1.8          -0.1

Norinchukin Research Institute                   1.8          -0.1

Core Private-Sector Machinery Orders

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                                        Change m/m %

Median Forecast                                 -2.0

High Forecast                                    0.2

Low Forecast                                    -6.0

Previous Month                                   2.1

Standard Deviation                               2.0

No. of Responses                                  13

                                        Change m/m %

NLI Research Institute                           0.2

Nomura Securities                               -0.2

Mizuho Research Institute                       -0.5

BNP Paribas                                     -1.0

Daiwa Institute of Research                     -1.5

Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management                -1.8

Dai-ichi Life Research Institute                -2.0

Norinchukin Research Institute                  -2.5

Hamagin Research Institute                      -3.0

Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities                  -4.2

SMBC Nikko Securities                           -4.8

Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting          -5.2

Japan Research Institute                        -6.0

Consumer Price Index (Excluding Fresh Food)

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                                             National % y/y

Median Forecast                                         0.8

High Forecast                                           0.8

Low Forecast                                            0.6

Previous Month                                          0.9

Standard Deviation                                      0.1

No. of Responses                                         13

                                             National % y/y

BNP Paribas                                             0.8

Daiwa Institute of Research                             0.8

Hamagin Research Institute                              0.8

Mizuho Research Institute                               0.8

Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities                          0.8

NLI Research Institute                                  0.8

Nomura Securities                                       0.8

Norinchukin Research Institute                          0.8

Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management                        0.8

Dai-ichi Life Research Institute                        0.7

Japan Research Institute                                0.7

SMBC Nikko Securities                                   0.7

Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting                  0.6

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

--MNI Tokyo Bureau; tel: +81 90-4670-5309; email: max.sato@marketnews.com

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