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MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: Apr 30 - May 2

Repeats Story Initially Transmitted at 21:06 GMT Apr 29/17:06 EST Apr 29
                          Apr 30   Apr 30    Apr 30     May 1   May 1      May 2
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                      Employment                                         Initial
                            Cost      MNI  Consumer    Constr     ISM    Jobless
                           Index  Chicago      Conf  Spending  Manufg     Claims
Data For                      Q1      Apr       Apr       Mar     Apr  Apr 27 wk
Denomination               Index    Index     Index      % Ch   Index          K
Median Forecast **           0.8     59.3     126.1       0.2    55.3        209
High Forecast                0.9     62.0     128.2       0.3    56.2        215
Low Forecast                 0.6     58.5     124.0      -1.3    54.7        195
Mean                         0.8     59.6     126.4       0.0    55.3        207
Standard Deviation           0.1      1.0       1.2       0.5     0.4        5.6
No. of Responses              12        9        14        10      16          8
Amherst Pierpont             0.8       NA     128.0        NA    54.8        208
BofA/Merrill Lynch            NA       NA        NA        NA      NA         NA
Bank of the West             0.8     59.5     126.0       0.3    55.5        210
BMO                          0.7     59.0     126.0       0.1    55.3         NA
BNP Paribas                   NA       NA        NA        NA      NA         NA
Capital Economics             NA       NA     124.0        NA    56.0         NA
CIBC                          NA       NA        NA        NA    54.8         NA
Deutsche Bank                0.9     60.0     128.2       0.2    55.5         NA
FT Advisors                  0.7     62.0        NA      -0.1    55.0        215
Goldman Sachs                0.8     58.5     127.0       0.0    54.8        195
Intesa Sanpaolo               NA       NA     125.0       0.3    55.0         NA
Jefferies
Economics                    0.6       NA     128.0        NA    56.2         NA
Lloyds Bank                  0.8     59.0     126.0       0.2    55.2        205
Morgan Stanley               0.7       NA     126.1        NA    55.6         NA
Natwest                      0.7       NA     125.0        NA    55.0        211
SocGen                        NA       NA     126.5        NA    54.7         NA
UBS                          0.8     59.0     126.0      -1.3    55.3        205
Umaryland                    0.8     59.7     127.1       0.2    55.5        210
Wells Fargo                   NA       NA        NA        NA      NA         NA
** 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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