MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: August 8-9

                     Aug 8  Aug 9  Aug 9

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                      Init  Total   Core

                    Claims    PPI    PPI

Data For            03-Aug    Jul    Jul

Denomination             K      %      %

Median Forecast **     215    0.2    0.2

High Forecast          217    0.3    0.2

Low Forecast           210    0.1    0.1

Mean                   214    0.2    0.2

Standard Deviation     2.4    0.0    0.0

No. of Responses         8     16     13

Amherst Pierpont        NA    0.2    0.1

Barclays Capital       215    0.3    0.2

BMO                    217    0.2    0.2

Capital Economics       NA    0.2    0.1

CIBC                    NA    0.2    0.2

Comerica Bank           NA    0.2    0.2

Commerzbank            215     NA     NA

Deka                    NA     NA     NA

Deutsche Bank           NA    0.2     NA

FT Advisors            213    0.2    0.1

HSBC                    NA    0.2     NA

ING Group               NA     NA     NA

Lloyds Bank            210    0.2    0.2

Morgan Stanley          NA    0.1    0.1

Natwest                210    0.2     NA

Nomura                  NA     NA     NA

RBC                    215     NA     NA

Scotiabank             215    0.2    0.2

SocGen                  NA    0.2    0.2

TD Securities           NA     NA     NA

UBS                    215    0.2    0.2

Umaryland              215    0.2    0.2

Wells Fargo             NA    0.1    0.1

--MNI Washington Bureau; tel: +1 202-371-2121; email: kevin.kastner@marketnews.com

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