MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: August 2

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                   Nonfarm      Priv  Unemp  Hrly    Avg   Intl     Mich     Fac

                  Paryolls  Payrolls   Rate  Earn  Hours  Trade     Sent  Orders

Data For               Jul       Jul    Jul   Jul    Jul    Jun  Jul (f)     Jun

Denomination             K         K      %     %  Hours      B        %       %

Median Forecast

**                     160       153    3.7   0.2   34.4  -54.6     98.5     0.8

High Forecast          212       190    3.7   0.3   34.5  -53.6    100.0     1.2

Low Forecast           100       100    3.6   0.2   34.4  -57.0     98.3     0.1

Mean                   165       156    3.7   0.2   34.4  -54.7     98.6     0.8

Standard

Deviation             21.8      22.9    0.1   0.0    0.0    0.7      0.4     0.3

No. of Responses        23        12     23    21     13     16       15      16

Amherst Pierpont       160       155    3.6   0.2     NA  -54.4     98.6     0.7

Bank of the West       170        NA    3.7   0.2   34.4  -54.5     98.5     0.8

Barclays Capital       160       150    3.7   0.2   34.4  -55.2     98.5     0.6

BMO                    150        NA    3.7   0.2     NA  -54.7     98.4     0.9

Capital

Economics              145        NA    3.7   0.3   34.4     NA       NA      NA

CIBC                   150        NA    3.7   0.2     NA  -54.7       NA     0.9

Credit Suisse          150       145    3.7   0.2     NA     NA       NA      NA

Deutsche Bank          100       100    3.7   0.2   34.5  -57.0     98.4     0.1

FT Advisors            152       139    3.7   0.2   34.5  -55.1     98.4     0.4

Goldman Sachs          190       175    3.7   0.2     NA  -54.7     98.4     0.6

HSBC                   167        NA    3.7   0.2     NA  -54.4     98.3      NA

J.P. Morgan            155       155    3.6   0.2   34.4  -54.6     98.5     0.8

Jefferies

Economics              175       190    3.6   0.2   34.4     NA       NA      NA

Lloyds Bank            185        NA    3.6   0.3   34.4     NA     98.5     1.2

Morgan Stanley         196       176    3.7   0.2   34.4     NA       NA      NA

Natwest                160        NA    3.7    NA     NA     NA     98.4      NA

Nomura                 155       150    3.6   0.2   34.4  -54.0     98.5     0.4

RBC                    170        NA    3.6    NA     NA     NA       NA      NA

Scotiabank             175        NA    3.7   0.2     NA  -53.6       NA     1.1

SocGen                 212        NA    3.6   0.2     NA  -54.6    100.0     0.7

UBS                    191       183    3.6   0.2   34.4  -54.6     98.5     0.7

Umaryland              160       150    3.6   0.2   34.4  -54.6     98.4     1.0

Wells Fargo            170        NA    3.6   0.2   34.4  -54.5       NA     1.1

--MNI Washington Bureau; +1 202 371 2121; email: brooke.migdon@marketnews.com

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