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MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: IP, Bus Inv, Michigan

                                Sep 15    Sep 15       Sep 15     Sep 15
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                                                                  Prelim
                              Industrl  Capacity     Business       Mich
                              Productn   Utilizn  Inventories  Sentiment
Data For                           Aug       Aug          Jul        Sep
Denomination                         %         %            %      Index
Median Forecast **                 0.1      76.8          0.2       96.0
High Forecast                      0.5      77.0          0.3       98.5
Low Forecast                      -1.3      75.6          0.2       92.7
Mean                               0.0      76.7          0.2       95.7
Standard Deviation                 0.4       0.3          0.0        1.5
No. of Responses                    17        18            7         13
Amherst Pierpont                  -0.4      76.3           NA       96.0
BofA/Merrill Lynch                  NA      76.7           NA         NA
Bank of the West                   0.1      76.8          0.2       94.8
Capital Economics                  0.4      76.9          0.2         94
CIBC                              -0.3      76.5           NA         NA
Comerica Bank                      0.1      76.8           NA         NA
Credit Suisse                      0.2      76.8           NA       94.4
Deutsche Bank                      0.2      76.9          0.3       95.0
FT Advisors                        0.0      76.7          0.2       97.3
Goldman Sachs                      0.1      76.8           NA       94.5
HSBC                               0.0      76.6           NA       92.7
Jefferies Economics                0.2      76.9          0.3       97.0
Morgan Stanley                     0.5      77.0           NA         NA
NTL Bank Canada                    0.1      76.8           NA         NA
RBC                                  0      76.8           NA       97.0
SocGen                            -0.1      76.6           NA       98.5
TD Securities                       NA        NA           NA         NA
UBS                               -1.3      75.6          0.2       96.0
UMaryland                          0.0      76.7          0.3       96.4
Westpac Institutional Bank          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; +1 202-371-2121; email: holly.stokes@marketnews.com
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