MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: Apr 23 - Apr 25

                        Apr 23     Apr 25     Apr 25     Apr 25

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                                  Durable    Durable    Initial

                      New Home  Goods New      Goods    Jobless

                         Sales     Orders  Ex. Trans     Claims

Data For                   Mar        Mar        Mar  Apr 20 wk

Denomination                 K       % Ch       % Ch          K

Median Forecast **         648        0.6        0.4        201

High Forecast              674        1.3        1.5        205

Low Forecast               601       -0.2        0.0        192

Mean                       646        0.6        0.5        200

Standard Deviation        17.6        0.4        0.4        4.8

No. of Responses            12         12         10          5

Amherst Pierpont           650        1.3        0.8         NA

BMO                        674        0.8        0.4         NA

Capital Economics           NA        0.0         NA         NA

CIBC                       642       -0.2        0.4         NA

Commerzbank                665        0.7        0.0         NA

Deutsche Bank              655        0.5        0.3         NA

FT Advisors                640        0.8        0.3        200

Goldman Sachs              652        0.5        0.5        205

HSBC                       640        0.9        0.2         NA

Morgan Stanley             601         NA         NA         NA

RBC                        655        1.0        1.5         NA

UBS                        645        0.3        0.2        192

Umaryland                  630        0.4         NA        202

** Note: The survey median is compiled solely from the forecasts listed above

and is not intended to represent a market consensus.

--MNI Washington Bureau; +1 202-371-2121; email: shikha.dave@marketnews.com

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