MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: Dec 14

Repeats Story Initially Transmitted at 22:06 GMT Dec 13/17:06 EST Dec 13

                      Dec 14   Dec 14    Dec 14    Dec 14       Dec 14

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                               Retail

                      Retail    Sales  Industrl  Capacity     Business

                       Sales  Ex-Auto  Productn   Utilizn  Inventories

Data For                 Nov      Nov       Nov       Nov          Oct

Denomination            % Ch     % Ch      % Ch         %         % Ch

Median Forecast **       0.1      0.1       0.5      78.7          0.6

High Forecast            0.6      0.5       0.7      78.8          0.7

Low Forecast            -0.2     -0.2       0.3      78.5          0.6

Mean                     0.2      0.2       0.5      78.7          0.6

Standard Deviation       0.2      0.2       0.1       0.1          0.0

No. of Responses          10        9         9         9            3

Amherst Pierpont         0.1      0.2       0.3      78.5           NA

BMO                      0.1      0.1       0.4      78.6          0.6

Capital Economics        0.1      0.1       0.6      78.7           NA

CIBC                     0.1      0.1       0.5      78.8           NA

Goldman Sachs            0.4      0.5       0.7      78.8           NA

Natwest                  0.0      0.1       0.6      78.7           NA

RBC                      0.2      0.5       0.5      78.7           NA

SocGen                   0.6       NA        NA        NA           NA

UBS                     -0.2     -0.2       0.5      78.6          0.7

UMaryland                0.2      0.3       0.3      78.5          0.6

** 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 (973) 494-2611; email: harrison.clarke@marketnews.com

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