MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: August 30

                    Aug-30  Aug-30  Aug-30

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                      Pers     PCE     PCE

                    Income   Total    Core

Data For               Jul     Jul     Jul

Denomination             %       %       %

Median Forecast **     0.3     0.2     0.2

High Forecast          0.5     0.3     0.3

Low Forecast           0.1     0.2     0.2

Mean                   0.3     0.2     0.2

Standard Deviation     0.1     0.0     0.0

No. of Responses        12       8      12

Amherst Pierpont      0.30    0.20      NA

BofA/Merrill Lynch    0.20    0.20    0.20

BMO                   0.40      NA    0.20

Capital Economics     0.20    0.20    0.20

Deutsche Bank         0.30      NA    0.20

HSBC                  0.20    0.20    0.20

ING Group               NA      NA      NA

J.P. Morgan           0.30      NA    0.20

Lloyds Bank           0.50    0.30    0.30

Morgan Stanley        0.30    0.20    0.20

Natwest               0.20      NA    0.20

Nomura                0.30    0.20    0.20

TD Securities         0.10    0.20    0.20

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

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