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MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: Apr 2 - Apr 5

                          Apr 2   Apr 3      Apr 4     Apr 5     Apr 5     Apr 5
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                        Durable            Initial
                          Goods     ISM    Jobless   Nonfarm   Private  Unemploy
                      Ex. Trans  Nonmfg     Claims  Payrolls  Payrolls      Rate
Data For                    Feb     Mar  Mar 30 wk       Mar       Apr       May
Denomination               % Ch   Index          K         K         K         %
Median Forecast **          0.0    58.0        215       170       165       3.8
High Forecast               0.5    59.7        220       243       246       3.9
Low Forecast               -2.2    57.0        210       145       140       3.7
Mean                        0.0    57.9        216       179       174       3.8
Standard Deviation          0.6     0.7        2.9        27        30       0.0
No. of Responses             17      17          7        20        12        20
Amherst Pierpont            0.4    58.4         NA       210       200       3.8
BofA/Merrill Lynch           NA    58.0        220       190       190       3.8
Bank of the West           -0.1    58.4        218       170        NA       3.8
Capital Economics          -0.2    57.0         NA       150        NA       3.8
CIBC                        0.0    57.3         NA       218        NA       3.8
Credit Agricole             0.0      NA         NA       150       145       3.8
Deka                        0.5    58.0         NA       165       160       3.8
FT Advisors                -2.2    58.4        215       145       140       3.8
Global Insight              0.4    57.1        220       165        NA       3.8
HSBC                        0.2    58.5         NA       160        NA       3.8
High Frequency              0.3    57.5         NA       170        NA        NA
ING Group                  -0.2      NA        215       243       246       3.7
J.P. Morgan                 0.4    58.5        216       195       190       3.8
Market Securities          -0.3      NA         NA        NA       148       3.8
MUFG Union Bank             0.0    57.0         NA       170       170       3.8
Pantheon Macro               NA    57.0        215       225        NA       3.7
RBC                          NA    58.5         NA       200       190       3.8
Standard Chartered         -0.1      NA         NA       165        NA       3.8
Stone McCarthy              0.1    58.0        210       151       146       3.8
TD Securities               0.1    57.8         NA       160        NA       3.8
Umaryland                    NA    59.7         NA       170       160       3.9
** 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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