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MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: August 15 Pt. 1

                        Aug 15  Aug 15   Aug 15    Aug 15  Aug 15
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                          Init  Retail       Ex  Non-farm   Labor
                        Claims   Sales  Mtr Veh      Prod   Costs
Data For                10-Aug     Jul      Jul        Q2      Q2
Denomination                 K       %        %         %       %
Median Forecast **         214     0.3      0.4       1.6     2.2
High Forecast              215     0.4      0.6       2.1     3.3
Low Forecast               210     0.0      0.2       1.0     1.2
Mean                       213     0.3      0.4       1.6     2.2
Standard Deviation         2.1     0.1      0.1       0.3     0.6
No. of Responses            11      23       19        19      18
Amherst Pierpont           211     0.4      0.6       1.4     3.3
BofA/Merrill Lynch         215      NA       NA       2.0      NA
Bank of the West           214     0.2      0.3       1.2     2.0
Barclays Capital            NA      NA       NA        NA      NA
BMO                        212     0.4      0.6       1.6     2.6
Capital Economics           NA     0.3       NA        NA     1.8
CIBC                        NA     0.1      0.3       1.3      NA
Credit Suisse               NA     0.3      0.5        NA      NA
Deka                        NA     0.3      0.6       1.6     1.6
Deutsche Bank               NA     0.2      0.3       2.0     1.2
FT Advisors                211     0.2      0.3       2.1     2.5
Goldman Sachs              215     0.3      0.6       1.6     1.9
HSBC                        NA     0.2      0.4       1.4     1.8
ING Group                   NA     0.3       NA        NA      NA
J.P. Morgan                210     0.4      0.5       2.0     2.5
Jefferies Economics        215     0.3      0.5       1.5     1.5
Lloyds Bank                215     0.3       NA       1.0     1.8
Morgan Stanley              NA      NA       NA       1.6     1.2
Natwest                    210     0.3      0.5       1.7     3.0
Nomura                      NA     0.4      0.4        NA      NA
NTL Bank Canada             NA     0.0      0.2        NA      NA
Scotiabank                 215     0.1      0.2       1.4      NA
SocGen                      NA     0.3       NA        NA     2.3
UBS                         NA     0.3      0.4       1.9     2.7
Umaryland                   NA     0.4      0.5       1.0     2.8
Wells Fargo                 NA     0.3      0.4       1.7     2.4
--MNI Washington Bureau; +1 202 371 2121; email: brooke.migdon@marketnews.com
[TOPICS: MTABLE,M$U$$$]

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