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MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: Apr 1 - Apr 2

Repeats Story Initially Transmitted at 21:06 GMT Mar 29/17:06 EST Mar 29
                       Apr 1    Apr 1        Apr 1     Apr 1   Apr 1      Apr 2
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                               Retail                                   Durable
                      Retail    Sales     Business    Constr     ISM  Goods New
                       Sales  Ex-Auto  Inventories  Spending  Manufg     Orders
Data For                 Feb      Feb          Jan       Feb     Mar        Feb
Denomination            % Ch     % Ch         % Ch      % Ch   Index       % Ch
Median Forecast **       0.3      0.4          0.4       0.1    54.6       -1.6
High Forecast            0.5      0.6          0.5       1.0    56.0        0.3
Low Forecast            -0.4     -0.2         -0.3      -0.8    53.3       -3.1
Mean                     0.2      0.3          0.3       0.0    54.6       -1.4
Standard Deviation       0.2      0.2          0.2       0.5     0.8        0.9
No. of Responses          20       17            8        10      19         16
Amherst Pierpont         0.3      0.5           NA        NA    55.1       -1.7
BofA/Merrill Lynch       0.1      0.1           NA       0.4      NA         NA
Bank of the West         0.3      0.5          0.3      -0.3    54.0       -1.8
Capital Economics        0.2      0.4           NA        NA    54.5       -1.8
CIBC                     0.4      0.6           NA        NA    53.9       -3.1
Credit Agricole           NA       NA           NA        NA    55.0       -1.0
Deka                     0.2      0.4         -0.3       1.0    54.0         NA
FT Advisors              0.3      0.4          0.5       0.1    54.6        0.0
Global Insight           0.4      0.4          0.4      -0.3    53.3       -2.0
HSBC                     0.5       NA           NA        NA      NA       -0.5
High Frequency           0.3      0.4           NA      -0.2    54.2       -1.0
ING Group               -0.2      0.1           NA        NA    55.7       -2.0
J.P. Morgan              0.4       NA          0.2       0.1    54.1       -1.0
Market Securities        0.3      0.3           NA        NA    55.9        0.3
MUFG Union Bank          0.0      0.4           NA        NA    53.5       -0.5
Pantheon Macro           0.1       NA           NA        NA    56.0         NA
RBC                      0.3      0.3           NA        NA    56.0         NA
Standard Chartered       0.2      0.3           NA        NA    54.5       -2.2
Stone McCarthy          -0.4     -0.2          0.4       0.0    54.7       -1.5
TD Securities            0.2      0.2          0.5      -0.8    54.6       -1.9
Umaryland                0.4      0.6          0.1       0.1    54.7         NA
** Note: The survey median is compiled solely from the forecasts listed above
and is not intended to represent a market consensus.
--MNI Washington Bureau; +1 (973) 494-2611; email: harrison.clarke@marketnews.com
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