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MNI Japan Survey: December Trade, CPI, January Tokyo 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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Wed, Jan 24  0850/2350             Exports     Dec     10.0    % y/y       16.2
Wed, Jan 24  0850/2350             Imports     Dec     12.1    % y/y       17.2
Wed, Jan 24  0850/2350       Trade Balance     Dec    583.9  bln yen      112.2
Fri, Jan 26  0830/2330   National Core CPI     Dec      0.9    % y/y        0.9
Fri, Jan 26  0830/2330      Tokyo Core CPI     Jan      0.8    % y/y        0.8
Trade Statistics Forecast
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                                          Exports   Imports  Trade Balance
                                            y/y %     y/y %      (bln yen)
Median Forecast                              10.0      12.1          583.9
High Forecast                                12.0      14.3          661.8
Low Forecast                                  8.3      10.8          478.8
Previous Month                               16.2      17.2          112.2
Standard Deviation                            1.2       1.0           57.8
No. of Responses                               13        13             14
                                          Exports   Imports  Trade Balance
                                            y/y %     y/y %      (bln yen)
BNP Paribas                                    na        na          618.7
Norinchukin Research Institute               12.0      14.0          591.4
Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting       11.5      14.3          540.0
Mizuho Research Institute                    11.4      12.1          661.8
SMBC Nikko Securities                        11.1      12.3          634.0
Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management             10.9      12.3          620.0
Hamagin Research Institute                   10.3      12.0          510.0
Daiwa Institute of Research                  10.0      13.0          520.0
Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities                9.8      11.4          600.0
Nomura Securities                             9.6      11.2          598.7
Dai-ichi Life Research Institute              9.5      12.5          515.0
NLI Research Institute                        8.9      10.8          576.3
Japan Research Institute                      8.4      11.6          495.8
Barclays Securities                           8.3      11.8          478.8
Consumer Price Index (Excluding Fresh Food)
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                                              National % y/y  Tokyo % y/y
Median Forecast                                          0.9          0.8
High Forecast                                            1.0          0.9
Low Forecast                                             0.7          0.6
Previous Month                                           0.9          0.8
Standard Deviation                                       0.1          0.1
No. of Responses                                          14           13
                                              National % y/y  Tokyo % y/y
NLI Research Institute                                   1.0          0.8
Nomura Securities                                        1.0          0.8
Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management                         1.0          0.8
Daiwa Institute of Research                              0.9           na
Japan Research Institute                                 0.9          0.9
Dai-ichi Life Research Institute                         0.9          0.8
Hamagin Research Institute                               0.9          0.8
Mizuho Research Institute                                0.9          0.8
Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities                           0.9          0.8
Norinchukin Research Institute                           0.9          0.8
SMBC Nikko Securities                                    0.9          0.8
BNP Paribas                                              0.9          0.7
Barclays Securities                                      0.9          0.6
Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting                   0.7          0.9
--MNI Beijing Bureau; tel: +86 (10) 8532-5998; email: beijing@mni-news.com
--MNI Tokyo Bureau; tel: +81 90-4670-5309; email: max.sato@marketnews.com
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