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

Repeats Story Initially Transmitted at 21:06 GMT Apr 1/17:06 EST Apr 1
                         Apr 2      Apr 2   Apr 3      Apr 4     Apr 5     Apr 5
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                       Durable    Durable            Initial
                     Goods New      Goods     ISM    Jobless   Nonfarm   Private
                        Orders  Ex. Trans  Nonmfg     Claims  Payrolls  Payrolls
Data For                   Feb        Feb     Mar  Mar 30 wk       Mar       Apr
Denomination              % Ch       % Ch   Index          K         K         K
Median Forecast
**                        -1.6        0.0    58.0        216       170       165
High Forecast              0.3        0.5    59.7        220       243       246
Low Forecast              -3.1       -2.2    57.0        210       145       140
Mean                      -1.4        0.0    57.9        216       178       174
Standard
Deviation                  0.9        0.6     0.7        3.1        27        30
No. of Responses            16         17      17          8        21        12
Amherst Pierpont          -1.7        0.4    58.4         NA       210       200
BofA/Merrill
Lynch                       NA         NA    58.0        220       190       190
Bank of the West          -1.8       -0.1    58.4        218       170        NA
Barclays Capital            NA         NA      NA         NA       175        NA
Capital Economics         -1.8       -0.2    57.0         NA       150        NA
CIBC                      -3.1        0.0    57.3         NA       218        NA
Credit Agricole           -1.0        0.0      NA         NA       150       145
Deka                        NA        0.5    58.0         NA       165       160
FT Advisors                0.0       -2.5    58.4        215       145       140
Global Insight            -2.0        0.4    57.1        220       165        NA
Goldman Sachs             -1.5        0.1    58.5        215       190       185
HSBC                      -0.5        0.2    58.5         NA       160        NA
High Frequency            -1.0        0.3    57.5         NA       170        NA
ING Group                 -2.0       -0.2      NA        215       243       246
J.P. Morgan               -1.0        0.4    58.5        216       195       190
Market Securities          0.3       -0.3      NA         NA        NA       148
MUFG Union Bank           -0.5        0.0    57.0         NA       170       170
Nomura                    -0.5        0.0    57.0         NA       170       170
Pantheon Macro              NA         NA    57.0        215       225        NA
RBC                         NA         NA    58.5         NA       200       190
Standard
Chartered                 -2.2       -0.1      NA         NA       165        NA
Stone McCarthy            -1.5        0.1    58.0        210       151       146
TD Securities             -1.9        0.1    57.8         NA       160        NA
Umaryland                   NA         NA    59.7         NA       170       160
** 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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