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MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: August 15 Pt. 2

                        Aug 15  Aug 15  Aug 15  Aug 15  Aug 15
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                        Empire   Phila     Ind     Cap     Bus
                         Index     Fed    Prod    Util     Inv
Data For                   Aug     Aug     Jul     Jul     Jun
Denomination             Index   Index       %       %       %
Median Forecast **         1.3     8.8     0.2    77.9     0.1
High Forecast              6.0    16.4     0.5    78.2     0.3
Low Forecast              -2.0     5.0    -0.4    77.5     0.0
Mean                       1.6     8.8     0.1    77.9     0.1
Standard Deviation         3.0     3.5     0.2     0.2     0.1
No. of Responses            12      14      24      20      11
Amherst Pierpont            NA      NA    -0.1    77.7      NA
BofA/Merrill Lynch          NA    13.0     0.0      NA      NA
Bank of the West           0.0     8.0    -0.1    77.7     0.1
Barclays Capital            NA      NA      NA      NA      NA
BMO                        3.0    10.0     0.1    77.8     0.3
Capital Economics           NA      NA    -0.1    77.8      NA
CIBC                        NA      NA     0.1    78.0      NA
Credit Suisse               NA      NA    -0.3    77.5      NA
Deka                      -2.0     6.0     0.0    77.8      NA
Deutsche Bank             -2.0     5.0    -0.4    77.5     0.3
FT Advisors                6.0    16.4     0.2    78.0     0.0
Goldman Sachs               NA     5.0     0.3    78.0      NA
HSBC                       4.0     9.5     0.5    78.2     0.0
ING Group                   NA      NA     0.2      NA      NA
J.P. Morgan               -2.0     7.0     0.4    78.1     0.0
Jefferies Economics        0.0     5.0     0.3    78.0     0.2
Lloyds Bank                5.5    12.5     0.2    77.9     0.1
Morgan Stanley              NA      NA     0.3      NA      NA
Natwest                     NA      NA     0.2    77.9      NA
Nomura                    -1.0     5.0     0.2      NA      NA
NTL Bank Canada             NA      NA      NA      NA      NA
Scotiabank                  NA      NA     0.1    77.9      NA
SocGen                      NA      NA     0.2    77.9      NA
UBS                        5.0    10.0     0.3    78.0     0.1
Umaryland                  2.5    11.1     0.3    77.9     0.2
Wells Fargo                 NA      NA    -0.1    77.7     0.2
--MNI Washington Bureau; +1 202 371 2121; email: brooke.migdon@marketnews.com
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