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MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: Aug 17 - Aug 18

Repeats Story Initially Transmitted at 21:06 GMT Aug 16/17:06 EST Aug 16
                       Aug 17        Aug 17    Aug 17    Aug 17   Aug 17  Aug 18
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                      Initial  Phil Fed Mfg
                      Jobless           Mfg  Industrl  Capacity  Leading    Mich
                       Claims        Survey  Productn   Utilizn    Index    Sent
                       Aug 12
Data For                   wk           Aug       Jul       Jul      Jul  Aug(p)
Denomination                K         Index         %         %
Median Forecast
**                        240          19.2       0.3      76.7      0.3    94.0
High Forecast             245          25.0       0.5      76.9      0.3    96.0
Low Forecast              235          10.0       0.1      76.6      0.2    93.0
Mean                      240          18.4       0.3      76.7      0.3    94.3
Standard
Deviation                 2.4           3.9       0.1       0.1      0.0     0.8
No. of Responses           10            11        20        18        7      13
Amherst Pierpont        238.0            NA       0.2      76.7       NA    95.0
BofA/Merrill
Lynch                   240.0          22.0       0.4      76.8       NA    93.0
BMO                     240.0          18.0       0.3      76.7      0.2    94.0
Capital Economics          NA          25.0       0.3      76.7       NA    95.0
CIBC                       NA            NA       0.2      76.7       NA      NA
Citi Bank               240.0            NA       0.1      76.6       NA      NA
Comerica Bank              NA            NA       0.2      76.7      0.3      NA
Credit Suisse              NA            NA       0.3      76.7       NA    95.0
FT Advisors             241.0          19.4       0.3      76.8       NA    93.9
Goldman Sachs           245.0          19.0       0.5      76.8       NA    94.4
J.P. Morgan             240.0          16.0       0.3      76.7       NA    94.5
Morgan Stanley             NA            NA       0.3      76.7      0.3      NA
Natwest                    NA            NA       0.2      76.7       NA      NA
NTL Bank Canada            NA            NA       0.2        NA       NA      NA
RBC                     239.0          15.0       0.4      76.9       NA    96.0
SocGen                     NA            NA       0.4      76.8       NA    94.0
Stone McCarthy          235.0          10.0       0.4      76.8      0.3    94.0
TD Securities              NA            NA       0.3        NA       NA      NA
UBS                     240.0          20.0       0.1      76.6      0.2    94.0
UMaryland                  NA          20.0       0.4      76.8      0.3    93.4
** Note: The survey median is compiled solely from the forecasts listed above
and is not intended to represent a market consensus.
--MNI Washington Bureau; +1 202-371-2121; email: holly.stokes@marketnews.com
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