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MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: Apr 17 - Apr 18

                       Apr 17    Apr 17  Apr 18   Apr 18    Apr 18        Apr 18
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                                                  Retail   Initial  Phil Fed Mfg
                        Trade  Wholesle  Retail    Sales   Jobless           Mfg
                      Balance  Inventrs   Sales  Ex-Auto    Claims        Survey
                                                            Apr 13
Data For                  Feb       Feb     Mar      Mar        wk           Apr
Denomination                B      % Ch    % Ch     % Ch         K         Index
Median Forecast **      -53.7       0.3     1.0      0.8       206          11.0
High Forecast           -50.0       0.5     1.3      1.0       218          16.4
Low Forecast            -55.2       0.0     0.3      0.1       195           8.0
Mean                    -53.3       0.3     1.0      0.7       205          11.8
Standard Deviation        1.4       0.2     0.2      0.2       6.3           2.3
No. of Responses           17         5      23       20        10            16
Amherst Pierpont        -53.5        NA     1.2      0.9       207            NA
BofA/Merrill Lynch         NA        NA     1.2       NA       195           9.0
Bank of the West        -54.0       0.5     0.9      0.8       206          11.0
Bayerische
Landesbank                 NA        NA      NA       NA        NA          10.0
BMO                     -54.0       0.2     0.8      0.5        NA          11.0
Capital Economics       -50.0        NA     1.0      0.8        NA            NA
CIBC                    -54.2        NA     1.0      0.8        NA            NA
Credit Suisse              NA        NA     1.2      0.9        NA            NA
Deka                       NA        NA     1.2      0.8        NA          15.0
Deutsche Bank           -55.0       0.5     0.3      0.1        NA          14.0
FT Advisors             -53.4        NA     1.1      1.0       204          10.2
Goldman Sachs           -54.1        NA     1.0      0.7       205          13.0
HSBC                       NA        NA     0.8      0.7       218          11.0
ING Group               -50.5        NA     1.1       NA        NA            NA
Intesa Sanpaolo         -53.5        NA     0.8      0.6        NA          12.0
J.P. Morgan             -51.2        NA     1.1      0.8       206          16.4
Jefferies
Economics               -54.5       0.0     1.1      0.7        NA          11.0
Lloyds Bank             -53.0        NA     0.8       NA       210          12.5
Morgan Stanley             NA        NA      NA       NA        NA            NA
Nomura                  -52.4        NA     0.6       NA        NA           8.0
RBC                        NA        NA      NA      0.9        NA            NA
SocGen                     NA        NA     1.2      0.7        NA            NA
TD Securities              NA        NA     1.3      0.9        NA            NA
UBS                     -55.2        NA     1.0      0.7       195          15.0
Umaryland               -54.0       0.3     0.8      0.7       204          10.0
Wells Fargo             -53.7        NA     0.9      0.8        NA            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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