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MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: Aug 16 - Aug 17

Repeats Story Initially Transmitted at 21:06 GMT Aug 15/17:06 EST Aug 15
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                     Aug 16    Aug 17        Aug 17    Aug 17    Aug 17   Aug 17
                              Initial  Phil Fed Mfg
                    Housing   Jobless           Mfg  Industrl  Capacity  Leading
                     Starts    Claims        Survey  Productn   Utilizn    Index
                               Aug 12
Data For                Jul        wk           Aug       Jul       Jul      Jul
Denomination              M         K         Index         %         %
Median Forecast
**                    1.220       240          19.2       0.3      76.7      0.3
High Forecast         1.250       245          25.0       0.5      76.9      0.3
Low Forecast          1.190       235          10.0       0.1      76.6      0.2
Mean                  1.220       240          18.4       0.3      76.7      0.3
Standard
Deviation             0.016       2.4           3.9       0.1       0.1      0.0
No. of Responses         17        10            11        20        18        7
Amherst Pierpont      1.210     238.0            NA       0.2      76.7       NA
BofA/Merrill
Lynch                 1.200     240.0          22.0       0.4      76.8       NA
BMO                   1.220     240.0          18.0       0.3      76.7      0.2
Capital
Economics             1.230        NA          25.0       0.3      76.7       NA
CIBC                  1.231        NA            NA       0.2      76.7       NA
Citi Bank             1.238     240.0            NA       0.1      76.6       NA
Comerica Bank         1.215        NA            NA       0.2      76.7      0.3
Credit Suisse         1.250        NA            NA       0.3      76.7       NA
FT Advisors           1.227     241.0          19.4       0.3      76.8       NA
Goldman Sachs            NA     245.0          19.0       0.5      76.8       NA
J.P. Morgan           1.190     240.0          16.0       0.3      76.7       NA
Morgan Stanley        1.224        NA            NA       0.3      76.7      0.3
Natwest               1.230        NA            NA       0.2      76.7       NA
NTL Bank Canada       1.210        NA            NA       0.2        NA       NA
RBC                      NA     239.0          15.0       0.4      76.9       NA
SocGen                1.190        NA            NA       0.4      76.8       NA
Stone McCarthy        1.220     235.0          10.0       0.4      76.8      0.3
TD Securities            NA        NA            NA       0.3        NA       NA
UBS                   1.230     240.0          20.0       0.1      76.6      0.3
UMaryland             1.220        NA          20.0       0.4      76.8      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; +1 202-371-2121; email: holly.stokes@marketnews.com
[TOPICS: MTABLE]

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