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BOJ: REPEAT: MNI INSIGHT: Index Data Alerts BOJ View Over Exports Uptrend

- Bank of Japan officials are increasingly vigilant over the outlook for the

nation's export sector, as the latest data indicated overseas demand fell on a

monthly basis for the first time in nearly two years, MNI understands. However,

there is a degree of caution amongst central bank officials, who, before

reviewing their assessment that exports are on a rising trend, need to see

whether September's fall in exports came on the back of falling global demand or

because of supply factors following on from natural disasters across parts of

Japan in the third quarter.

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