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MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: Business Inv, Mar 15

Repeats Story Initially Transmitted at 20:06 GMT Mar 12/16:06 EST Mar 12
                           Mar 14     Mar 15  Mar 15  Mar 15    Mar 15
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                                     Initial          Empire  Phil Fed
                         Business    Jobless  Import     Mfg       Mfg
                      Inventories     Claims  Prices  Survey    Survey
Data For                      Jan  Mar 10 wk     Feb     Mar       Mar
Denomination                    %          K       %       %     Index
Median Forecast **            0.6        228     0.3    15.0      24.0
High Forecast                 0.6        235     0.4    16.0      25.0
Low Forecast                  0.5        220     0.2    13.0      20.0
Mean                          0.6        228     0.3    15.1      23.3
Standard Deviation            0.0        4.5     0.1     0.9       1.6
No. of Responses                7          8       6       7         9
Amherst Pierpont               NA        225      NA      NA        NA
Bank of the West              0.6        226     0.4    16.0      24.0
Barclays Capital              0.6        230     0.4      NA      24.0
BMO                           0.5         NA     0.2    16.0      24.0
Capital Economics             0.6         NA      NA    15.0      20.0
Comerica Bank                  NA         NA      NA      NA        NA
Credit Suisse                  NA         NA      NA      NA        NA
FT Advisors                   0.6        225     0.3    15.0      23.5
Goldman Sachs                  NA        230      NA      NA      21.0
Morgan Stanley                 NA         NA      NA      NA        NA
Natwest                        NA        232      NA      NA        NA
Nomura                         NA         NA      NA    13.0      25.0
NTL Bank Canada                NA         NA      NA      NA        NA
UBS                           0.6        235     0.3    15.0      25.0
UMaryland                     0.6        220     0.2    15.5      23.1
** Note: The survey median is compiled solely from the forecasts listed above
and is not intended to represent a market consensus.
--MNI Washington Bureau; +1 202-371-2121; email: holly.stokes@marketnews.com
[TOPICS: MTABLE]

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