MNI Survey of Australia March, Q1 Retail Trade

     SYDNEY (MNI) - The following is a table detailing individual economists'

forecasts for Australia's Retail Trade for March and Q1 based on a survey by

MNI. The data will be released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics at 1130

hours local time Tuesday (0130 hours GMT).

                   Retail Turnover (Current Prices)  Retail Turnover (Volume)

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                                    (% Change, M/M)           (% Change, Q/Q)

                              (seasonally adjusted)     (seasonally adjusted)

                                              March                        Q1

Median Forecast                                +0.2                      +0.6

High Forecast                                  +0.5                      +1.3

Low Forecast                                   -0.1                      +0.1

Mean                                           +0.2                      +0.7

No of Responses                                  14                        11

Previous Report                                +0.6                      +0.9

ANZ                                            +0.2                      +0.1

CBA                                            +0.3                      +1.3

NAB                                            +0.2                      +0.6

Westpac                                        +0.2                      +0.8

JP Morgan                                      +0.5                      +0.8

UBS                                            +0.3                      +0.6

St George                                      +0.1                      +1.2

StanChart                                      -0.1                       N/A

Macquarie                                      +0.2                      +0.4

AMP Capital                                    +0.2                      +0.4

Deutsche Bank                                   0.0                      +0.4

Moody's Analytics                              +0.1                       N/A

HSBC                                           +0.3                      +0.6

BankAM-ML                                      +0.3                       N/A

--MNI Sydney Bureau; tel: +61 2-9716-5467; email: sophia.rodrigues@marketnews.com

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