MNI Japan Survey: BOJ Sept Quarterly Tankan Business Survey

     TOKYO (MNI) - The following are the forecasts by economists polled by MNI

for the quarterly Bank of Japan Tankan business survey for September due out at

0850 JST on Monday, Oct. 2 (2350 GMT on Sunday, Oct. 1).

Data                  Median Forecast  Previous Survey

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Large Mfg DI                       18               17

Large Non-Mfg DI                   23               23

Small Mfg DI                        8                7

Small Non-Mfg DI                    7                7

Capex by Big Firms                8.4              8.0

Capex by Small Firms            -15.0            -20.6

     Sentiment Diffusion Index

                         Large Mfg  Large Non-mfg  Small Mfg  Small Non-mfg

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Median Forecast                 18             23          8              7

High Forecast                   20             25         10              9

Low Forecast                    14             21          5              4

Previous Survey                 17             23          7              7

No. of Responses                11             11         11             11

Mitsubishi UFJ Research         20             25          9              9

NLI Research                    18             23          9              8

Fujitsu Research                18             24          8              7

Mizuho Research                 18             24          8              8

Mitsubishi UFJ MS               18             25         10              9

Mitsubishi Research             18             23          6              6

BNP Paribas                     18             24          8              8

SMBC Nikko                      17             23          6              6

Sumitomo Mitsui AM              17             23          6              6

Daiwa Research                  16             23          8              7

Japan Research                  14             21          5              4

     Fiscal 2017 Capex Plans (% y/y)

                         Large Firms  Small Firms

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Median Forecast                  8.4        -15.0

High Forecast                    8.9         -8.9

Low Forecast                     7.8        -17.8

Previous Survey                  8.0        -20.6

No. of Responses                  10           10

Mitsubishi UFJ Research          8.9        -13.8

NLI Research                     8.3        -14.4

Fujitsu Research                 8.6        -14.2

Mizuho Research                  8.4        -17.8

Mitsubishi UFJ MS                8.5        -16.4

BNP Paribas                      8.1        -15.5

SMBC Nikko                       7.8         -8.9

Sumitomo Mitsui AM               8.3        -16.1

Daiwa Research                   8.5        -13.4

Japan Research                   8.4        -16.1

--MNI Tokyo Bureau; tel: +81 90-2175-0040; email: hiroshi.inoue@marketnews.com

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