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MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: Aug 15 - Aug 16

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                      Aug 15   Aug 15  Aug 15  Aug 15       Aug 15   Aug 16
                               Retail  Empire
                      Retail    Sales     Mfg  Import     Business  Housing
                       Sales  Ex-Auto  Survey  Prices  Inventories   Starts
Data For                 Jul      Jul     Aug     Jul          Jun      Jul
Denomination               %        %       %       %            %        M
Median Forecast **       0.3      0.3    10.0     0.1          0.5    1.220
High Forecast            1.0      1.0    15.0     0.2          0.5    1.250
Low Forecast             0.2      0.1     8.0     0.0          0.4    1.190
Mean                     0.4      0.4    10.7     0.1          0.5    1.220
Standard Deviation       0.2      0.2     1.9     0.1          0.0    0.016
No. of Responses          20       20      10       8            7       17
Amherst Pierpont         0.3      0.4      NA      NA           NA    1.210
BofA/Merrill Lynch       0.4      0.3    10.0     0.0           NA    1.200
BMO                      0.3      0.2    11.0     0.2          0.5    1.220
Capital Economics        0.2      0.2    12.0      NA           NA    1.230
CIBC                     0.3      0.4      NA      NA           NA    1.231
Citi Bank                0.2      0.1      NA      NA           NA    1.238
Comerica Bank            0.4      0.4      NA      NA           NA    1.215
Credit Suisse            0.3      0.3      NA      NA           NA    1.250
FT Advisors              0.3      0.3     8.0     0.1          0.5    1.227
Goldman Sachs            0.4      0.3      NA      NA           NA       NA
J.P. Morgan              0.5      0.4    10.0     0.1          0.5    1.190
Morgan Stanley           0.5      0.5      NA      NA           NA    1.224
Natwest                  0.4      0.4      NA      NA           NA    1.230
NTL Bank Canada          1.0      1.0      NA      NA           NA    1.210
RBC                      0.5      0.5    15.0      NA           NA       NA
SocGen                   0.2      0.2      NA      NA           NA    1.190
Stone McCarthy           0.3      0.3     9.0     0.2          0.5    1.220
TD Securities            0.4      0.4      NA      NA           NA       NA
UBS                      0.3      0.3    10.0     0.0          0.4    1.230
UMaryland                0.3      0.3    11.0     0.2          0.4    1.220
** 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: holly.stokes@marketnews.com
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