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MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: Apr 18

Repeats Story Initially Transmitted at 21:06 GMT Apr 17/17:06 EST Apr 17
                     Apr 18   Apr 18    Apr 18      Apr 18       Apr 18   Apr 18
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                                                  Phil Fed
                              Retail   Initial         Mfg
                     Retail    Sales   Jobless         Mfg     Business  Leading
                      Sales  Ex-Auto    Claims      Survey  Inventories    Index
                                        Apr 13
Data For                Mar      Mar        wk         Apr          Feb      Mar
Denomination           % Ch     % Ch         K       Index         % Ch     % Ch
Median Forecast
**                      1.0      0.8       206        11.0          0.3      0.4
High Forecast           1.3      1.0       218        16.4          0.5      0.6
Low Forecast            0.3      0.1       195         8.0          0.0      0.1
Mean                    1.0      0.7       205        11.8          0.3      0.3
Standard
Deviation               0.2      0.2       6.3         2.3          0.2      0.1
No. of Responses         23       20        10          16           10        9
Amherst Pierpont        1.2      0.9       207          NA           NA       NA
BofA/Merrill
Lynch                   1.2       NA       195         9.0           NA       NA
Bank of the West        0.9      0.8       206        11.0          0.4      0.4
Bayerische
Landesbank               NA       NA        NA        10.0           NA       NA
BMO                     0.8      0.5        NA        11.0          0.2      0.2
Capital Economics       1.0      0.8        NA          NA           NA      0.4
CIBC                    1.0      0.8        NA          NA           NA       NA
Credit Suisse           1.2      0.9        NA          NA           NA       NA
Deka                    1.2      0.8        NA        15.0           NA       NA
Deutsche Bank           0.3      0.1        NA        14.0          0.3      0.6
FT Advisors             1.1      1.0       204        10.2          0.5       NA
Goldman Sachs           1.0      0.7       205        13.0           NA       NA
HSBC                    0.8      0.7       218        11.0          0.2       NA
ING Group               1.1       NA        NA          NA           NA       NA
Intesa Sanpaolo         0.8      0.6        NA        12.0           NA       NA
J.P. Morgan             1.1      0.8       206        16.4           NA       NA
Jefferies
Economics               1.1      0.7        NA        11.0          0.0      0.1
Lloyds Bank             0.8       NA       210        12.5          0.3      0.4
Morgan Stanley           NA       NA        NA          NA           NA       NA
Nomura                  0.6       NA        NA         8.0           NA       NA
RBC                      NA      0.9        NA          NA           NA       NA
SocGen                  1.2      0.7        NA          NA           NA       NA
TD Securities           1.3      0.9        NA          NA           NA       NA
UBS                     1.0      0.7       195        15.0          0.1      0.4
Umaryland               0.8      0.7       204        10.0          0.3      0.3
Wells Fargo             0.9      0.8        NA          NA          0.5      0.3
** 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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