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MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: Apr 5

                         Apr 5     Apr 5     Apr 5     Apr 5  Apr 5    Apr 5
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                                                         Avg    Avg
                       Nonfarm   Private  Unemploy    Hourly   Work  Consumr
                      Payrolls  Payrolls      Rate  Earnings   Week   Credit
Data For                   Mar       Apr       May       Jun    Jul      Feb
Denomination                 K         K         %      % Ch    Hrs        B
Median Forecast **         170       165       3.8       0.3   34.5     17.0
High Forecast              243       246       3.9       0.3   34.5     18.0
Low Forecast               145       140       3.7       0.2   34.4     13.0
Mean                       178       174       3.8       0.3   34.5     16.5
Standard Deviation          27        30       0.0       0.0    0.0      1.8
No. of Responses            21        12        21        20     10        5
Amherst Pierpont           210       200       3.8       0.3     NA       NA
BofA/Merrill Lynch         190       190       3.8       0.3   34.5       NA
Bank of the West           170        NA       3.8       0.3   34.5     18.0
Barclays Capital           175        NA       3.8       0.2     NA       NA
Capital Economics          150        NA       3.8       0.3   34.4       NA
CIBC                       218        NA       3.8       0.3     NA       NA
Credit Agricole            150       145       3.8       0.3     NA       NA
Deka                       165       160       3.8       0.2   34.5     17.5
FT Advisors                145       140       3.8       0.2   34.5     17.0
Global Insight             165        NA       3.8       0.3     NA       NA
Goldman Sachs              190       185       3.8       0.3     NA       NA
HSBC                       160        NA       3.8       0.3     NA       NA
High Frequency             170        NA        NA       0.2     NA       NA
ING Group                  243       246       3.7        NA     NA       NA
J.P. Morgan                195       190       3.8       0.3   34.5       NA
Market Securities           NA       148       3.8       0.2   34.5       NA
MUFG Union Bank            170       170       3.8       0.2     NA       NA
Nomura                     170       170       3.8       0.2     NA       NA
Pantheon Macro             225        NA       3.7        NA     NA       NA
RBC                        200       190       3.8       0.2   34.5       NA
Standard Chartered         165        NA       3.8       0.3     NA       NA
Stone McCarthy             151       146       3.8       0.3   34.4     13.0
TD Securities              160        NA       3.8       0.2     NA       NA
Umaryland                  170       160       3.9       0.3   34.4     17.0
** 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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