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MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: Apr 3 - Apr 5

                       Apr 3      Apr 4     Apr 5     Apr 5     Apr 5     Apr 5
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                                Initial                                     Avg
                         ISM    Jobless   Nonfarm   Private  Unemploy    Hourly
                      Nonmfg     Claims  Payrolls  Payrolls      Rate  Earnings
Data For                 Mar  Mar 30 wk       Mar       Apr       May       Jun
Denomination           Index          K         K         K         %      % Ch
Median Forecast **      58.0        216       170       165       3.8       0.3
High Forecast           59.7        220       243       246       3.9       0.3
Low Forecast            57.0        210       145       140       3.7       0.2
Mean                    57.9        216       178       174       3.8       0.3
Standard Deviation       0.7        3.1        27        30       0.0       0.0
No. of Responses          17          8        21        12        21        20
Amherst Pierpont        58.4         NA       210       200       3.8       0.3
BofA/Merrill Lynch      58.0        220       190       190       3.8       0.3
Bank of the West        58.4        218       170        NA       3.8       0.3
Barclays Capital          NA         NA       175        NA       3.8       0.2
Capital Economics       57.0         NA       150        NA       3.8       0.3
CIBC                    57.3         NA       218        NA       3.8       0.3
Credit Agricole           NA         NA       150       145       3.8       0.3
Deka                    58.0         NA       165       160       3.8       0.2
FT Advisors             58.4        215       145       140       3.8       0.2
Global Insight          57.1        220       165        NA       3.8       0.3
Goldman Sachs           58.5        215       190       185       3.8       0.3
HSBC                    58.5         NA       160        NA       3.8       0.3
High Frequency          57.5         NA       170        NA        NA       0.2
ING Group                 NA        215       243       246       3.7        NA
J.P. Morgan             58.5        216       195       190       3.8       0.3
Market Securities         NA         NA        NA       148       3.8       0.2
MUFG Union Bank         57.0         NA       170       170       3.8       0.2
Nomura                  57.0         NA       170       170       3.8       0.2
Pantheon Macro          57.0        215       225        NA       3.7        NA
RBC                     58.5         NA       200       190       3.8       0.2
Standard Chartered        NA         NA       165        NA       3.8       0.3
Stone McCarthy          58.0        210       151       146       3.8       0.3
TD Securities           57.8         NA       160        NA       3.8       0.2
Umaryland               59.7         NA       170       160       3.9       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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