MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: Employment

                         Aug 2     Aug 2  Aug 2  Aug 2  Aug 2

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                       Nonfarm      Priv  Unemp   Hrly    Avg

                      Paryolls  Payrolls   Rate   Earn  Hours

Data For                   Jul       Jul    Jul    Jul    Jul

Denomination                 K         K      %      %  Hours

Median Forecast **         163       153    3.7    0.2   34.4

High Forecast              212       190    3.7    0.3   34.5

Low Forecast               100       100    3.6    0.2   34.4

Mean                       166       157    3.7    0.2   34.4

Standard Deviation        21.6      22.4    0.1    0.0    0.0

No. of Responses            23        12     23     21     13

Amherst Pierpont           160       155    3.6    0.2     NA

Bank of the West           170        NA    3.7    0.2   34.4

Barclays Capital           160       150    3.7    0.2   34.4

BMO                        150        NA    3.7    0.2     NA

Capital Economics          145        NA    3.7    0.3   34.4

CIBC                       150        NA    3.7    0.2     NA

Credit Suisse              150       145    3.7    0.2     NA

Deutsche Bank              100       100    3.7    0.2   34.5

FT Advisors                163       150    3.7    0.2   34.5

Goldman Sachs              190       175    3.7    0.2     NA

HSBC                       167        NA    3.7    0.2     NA

J.P. Morgan                155       155    3.6    0.2   34.4

Jefferies Economics        175       190    3.6    0.2   34.4

Lloyds Bank                185        NA    3.6    0.3   34.4

Morgan Stanley             196       176    3.7    0.2   34.4

Natwest                    160        NA    3.7     NA     NA

Nomura                     155       150    3.6    0.2   34.4

RBC                        170        NA    3.6     NA     NA

Scotiabank                 175        NA    3.7    0.2     NA

SocGen                     212        NA    3.6    0.2     NA

UBS                        191       183    3.6    0.2   34.4

Umaryland                  160       150    3.6    0.2   34.4

Wells Fargo                170        NA    3.6    0.2   34.4

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

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