MNI Survey of Australia Q2 Wage Price +0.6% Q/Q; +2.1% Y/Y

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

forecasts for Wage Price Index for the second quarter, based on a survey by MNI.

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

local time (0130 hours GMT) Wednesday.

                      Wage Price Index       Wage Price Index

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                       (% Change, Q/Q)        (% Change, Y/Y)

                 (seasonally adjusted)  (seasonally adjusted)

                                    Q2                     Q2

Median Forecast                   +0.6                   +2.1

High Forecast                     +0.6                   +2.2

Low Forecast                      +0.5                   +1.9

Mean                              +0.6                   +2.1

No of Responses                     15                     14

Previous Report                   +0.5                   +2.1

ANZ                               +0.6                   +2.1

NAB                               +0.5                   +2.0

Westpac                           +0.6                    N/A

CBA                               +0.6                   +2.1

JP Morgan                         +0.5                   +2.0

St George                         +0.6                   +2.1

UBS                               +0.6                   +2.1

AMP Capital                       +0.6                   +2.1

HSBC                              +0.5                   +2.0

BankAM-ML                         +0.6                   +2.1

Deutsche Bank                     +0.6                   +2.1

Macquarie                         +0.6                   +2.1

RBC Capital                       +0.5                   +1.9

TD Securities                     +0.6                   +2.2

Citigroup                         +0.5                   +2.0

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

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