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MNI Japan Survey: Revised GDP for October-December

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     TOKYO (MNI) - The following are the median forecasts for Japan's revised
gross domestic product for the October-December quarter of 2017 provided by
economists surveyed by MNI.
     Thursday, Mar. 8, 0850 JST (2350 GMT Wednesday, Mar. 7): The Cabinet Office
releases revised (second preliminary) Q4 GDP. The median forecasts are in
quarter-on-quarter percentage changes, except for the contributions of private
inventories and net exports, which are in percentage points.
Data                  Median   Previous
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GDP q/q                  0.2        0.1
GDP Annualized           0.8        0.5
Consumption              0.5        0.5
Capex                    1.2        0.7
Public Investment       -0.2       -0.5
Private Inventories     -0.1       -0.1
Net Exports             -0.0       -0.0
                      GDP
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                    % Q/Q  % Annualized
Median Forecast       0.2           0.8
High Forecast         0.3           1.2
Low Forecast          0.1           0.6
Previous              0.1           0.5
Standard Deviation    0.1           0.2
No. of Responses        8             8
BNP Paribas           0.3           1.2
Sumitomo Mitsui AM    0.3           1.1
DIR                   0.3           1.0
MUFJ R & C            0.2           0.8
NLI Research          0.2           0.8
Japan Research        0.2           0.7
Nomura                0.2           0.7
Mizuho Research       0.1           0.6
                     Consumption  Capex  Public Works
-----------------------------------------------------
                           % Q/Q  % Q/Q         % Q/Q
Median Forecast              0.5    1.2          -0.2
High Forecast                0.6    1.5           0.3
Low Forecast                 0.5    0.4          -1.5
Previous                     0.5    0.7          -0.5
Standard Deviation           0.0    0.3           0.6
No. of Responses               8      8             8
NLI Research                 0.6    0.4          -0.3
Sumitomo Mitsui AM           0.5    1.5          -0.2
BNP Paribas                  0.5    1.3           0.3
DIR                          0.5    1.3          -0.2
Nomura                       0.5    1.2           0.2
Mizuho Research              0.5    1.2          -1.5
MUFJ R & C                   0.5    1.0          -0.2
Japan Research               0.5    0.8          -0.9
                     Private Inventories           Net Exports
--------------------------------------------------------------
                    % Point Contribution  % Point Contribution
Median Forecast                     -0.1                  -0.0
High Forecast                        0.0                  -0.0
Low Forecast                        -0.1                  -0.0
Previous                            -0.1                  -0.0
Standard Deviation                   0.0                   0.0
No. of Responses                       8                     8
NLI Research                         0.0                  -0.0
BNP Paribas                          0.0                  -0.0
DIR                                 -0.1                  -0.0
Japan Research                      -0.1                  -0.0
Mizuho Research                     -0.1                  -0.0
MUFJ R & C                          -0.1                  -0.0
Nomura                              -0.1                  -0.0
Sumitomo Mitsui AM                  -0.1                  -0.0
--MNI Beijing Bureau; tel: +86 (10) 8532-5998; email: beijing@mni-news.com
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