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MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: Feb 26 - Feb 28

Repeats Story Initially Transmitted at 22:06 GMT Feb 25/17:06 EST Feb 25
                          Feb 26    Feb 26    Feb 26   Feb 27   Feb 28   Feb 28
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                                                                          Chain
                         Housing  Building  Consumer  Factory     Real    Price
                          Starts   Permits      Conf   Orders      GDP    Index
Data For                     Dec       Dec       Feb      Dec  Initial  Initial
Denomination                   M         M     Index     % Ch     % Ch     % Ch
Median Forecast **         1.250     1.289     124.9      0.9      2.5      1.7
High Forecast              1.290     1.304     128.0      3.0      3.2      2.1
Low Forecast               1.220     1.230     121.5      0.2      1.8      1.5
Mean                       1.256     1.285     124.8      1.2      2.5      1.7
Standard Deviation           0.0       0.0       1.7      0.8      0.3      0.2
No. of Responses              29        18        16        8       29       12
Amherst Pierpont           1.260     1.280     128.0       NA     2.40       NA
Bank of the West           1.248     1.286     123.5      1.4     2.20     1.70
Barclays Capital           1.250        NA        NA       NA     2.50       NA
BAML                          NA        NA        NA       NA       NA       NA
Bayerische Landesbank      1.250        NA        NA       NA     2.50       NA
BBVA                       1.265     1.290        NA       NA     2.20     1.80
BMO                        1.250        NA        NA       NA       NA       NA
BNP Paribas                1.250     1.300        NA       NA       NA       NA
Capital Economics          1.250        NA     125.0       NA     2.50       NA
CIBC                       1.261     1.274     127.2      0.2      2.1     1.60
Citigroup                  1.276     1.304        NA       NA     2.80     1.60
Comerica Bank                 NA     1.280        NA       NA       NA     1.70
Commerzbank                1.270        NA        NA       NA       NA       NA
Credit Suisse              1.274        NA     125.0       NA     1.80       NA
Deka                       1.270     1.290     126.0       NA     2.20       NA
Deutsche Bank              1.225     1.288        NA      3.0     2.30     1.70
Goldman Sachs              1.275        NA        NA       NA       NA       NA
HSBC                       1.270     1.290     127.5       NA     2.40     1.70
High Frequency                NA        NA     123.0       NA       NA       NA
ING Group                     NA        NA        NA       NA     2.60       NA
Intesa Sanpaolo            1.253        NA     124.0       NA     2.30       NA
J.P. Morgan                1.250     1.295     123.6       NA     2.20     2.10
Jefferies Economics        1.250        NA     121.5     1.60     2.70     1.50
Lloyds Bank                1.246     1.303     124.0     0.90     2.50     1.70
Market Securities             NA        NA        NA       NA     2.00       NA
Morgan Stanley             1.243     1.272     124.8       NA     2.60       NA
MUFG Union Bank               NA        NA        NA       NA     3.00       NA
Natwest                    1.220        NA        NA       NA     3.20       NA
Nomura                     1.240     1.290     125.0       NA     2.60       NA
Pantheon Macro             1.250     1.230        NA       NA     2.70       NA
RBC                           NA        NA        NA       NA     2.50       NA
Scotiabank                 1.260        NA        NA       NA     2.70       NA
SocGen                     1.270        NA        NA       NA     2.30     2.00
Standard Chartered         1.243     1.288        NA       NA       NA       NA
TD Securities                 NA        NA        NA       NA     2.80       NA
UBS                        1.290     1.265     125.0      0.6      1.9       NA
Umaryland                  1.256     1.300     123.4      0.9      2.8       NA
Wells Fargo                   NA        NA        NA       NA       NA       NA
** 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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