MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: August 7 - 9

                      Aug 9  Aug 9

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                      Total   Core

                        PPI    PPI

Data For                Jul    Jul

Denomination              %      %

Median Forecast **      0.2    0.2

High Forecast           0.3    0.2

Low Forecast            0.1    0.1

Mean                    0.2    0.2

Standard Deviation      0.0    0.0

No. of Responses         16     13

Amherst Pierpont        0.2    0.1

Barclays Capital        0.3    0.2

BMO                     0.2    0.2

Capital Economics       0.2    0.1

CIBC                    0.2    0.2

Comerica Bank           0.2    0.2

Commerzbank              NA     NA

Deka                     NA     NA

Deutsche Bank           0.2     NA

FT Advisors             0.2    0.1

HSBC                    0.2     NA

ING Group                NA     NA

Lloyds Bank             0.2    0.2

Morgan Stanley          0.1    0.1

Natwest                 0.2     NA

Nomura                   NA     NA

RBC                      NA     NA

Scotiabank              0.2    0.2

SocGen                  0.2    0.2

TD Securities            NA     NA

UBS                     0.2    0.2

Umaryland               0.2    0.2

Wells Fargo             0.1    0.1

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

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