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MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: Apr 4 - Apr 5

                          Apr 4     Apr 5     Apr 5     Apr 5     Apr 5  Apr 5
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                        Initial                                     Avg    Avg
                        Jobless   Nonfarm   Private  Unemploy    Hourly   Work
                         Claims  Payrolls  Payrolls      Rate  Earnings   Week
Data For              Mar 30 wk       Mar       Apr       May       Jun    Jul
Denomination                  K         K         K         %      % Ch    Hrs
Median Forecast **          216       170       165       3.8       0.3   34.5
High Forecast               220       243       246       3.9       0.3   34.5
Low Forecast                210       145       140       3.7       0.2   34.4
Mean                        216       178       174       3.8       0.3   34.5
Standard Deviation          3.1        27        30       0.0       0.0    0.0
No. of Responses              8        21        12        21        20     10
Amherst Pierpont             NA       210       200       3.8       0.3     NA
BofA/Merrill Lynch          220       190       190       3.8       0.3   34.5
Bank of the West            218       170        NA       3.8       0.3   34.5
Barclays Capital             NA       175        NA       3.8       0.2     NA
Capital Economics            NA       150        NA       3.8       0.3   34.4
CIBC                         NA       218        NA       3.8       0.3     NA
Credit Agricole              NA       150       145       3.8       0.3     NA
Deka                         NA       165       160       3.8       0.2   34.5
FT Advisors                 215       145       140       3.8       0.2   34.5
Global Insight              220       165        NA       3.8       0.3     NA
Goldman Sachs               215       190       185       3.8       0.3     NA
HSBC                         NA       160        NA       3.8       0.3     NA
High Frequency               NA       170        NA        NA       0.2     NA
ING Group                   215       243       246       3.7        NA     NA
J.P. Morgan                 216       195       190       3.8       0.3   34.5
Market Securities            NA        NA       148       3.8       0.2   34.5
MUFG Union Bank              NA       170       170       3.8       0.2     NA
Nomura                       NA       170       170       3.8       0.2     NA
Pantheon Macro              215       225        NA       3.7        NA     NA
RBC                          NA       200       190       3.8       0.2   34.5
Standard Chartered           NA       165        NA       3.8       0.3     NA
Stone McCarthy              210       151       146       3.8       0.3   34.4
TD Securities                NA       160        NA       3.8       0.2     NA
Umaryland                    NA       170       160       3.9       0.3   34.4
** 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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