MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: July 16 - July 17

                      Jul 16   Jul 16  Jul 16       Jul 16    Jul 17    Jul 17

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                               Retail  Empire

                      Retail    Sales     Mfg     Business  Industrl  Capacity

                       Sales  Ex-Auto  Survey  Inventories  Productn   Utilizn

Data For                 Jun      Jun     Jul          May       Jun       Jun

Denomination               %        %       %            %         %         %

Median Forecast **       0.6      0.3    20.0          0.4       0.5      78.3

High Forecast            0.8      0.5    22.5          0.4       0.7      78.4

Low Forecast             0.5      0.2    19.0          0.3       0.4      78.1

Mean                     0.6      0.3    20.4          0.4       0.5      78.2

Standard Deviation       0.1      0.1     1.3          0.0       0.1       0.1

No. of Responses           6        7       4            4         7         7

Amherst Pierpont         0.7      0.2      NA           NA       0.5      78.1

Bank of the West         0.5      0.3    20.0          0.4       0.5      78.1

Capital Economics        0.5      0.3    20.0          0.3       0.7      78.4

CIBC                     0.5      0.3      NA           NA       0.4      78.2

Comerica Bank             NA      0.5      NA           NA       0.5      78.3

FT Advisors              0.6      0.4    19.0          0.4       0.6      78.3

UMaryland                0.8      0.4    22.5          0.4       0.5      78.3

** Note: The survey median is compiled solely from the forecasts listed above

and is not intended to represent a market consensus.

--MNI Washington Bureau; +1 202-372-2121; email: shikha.dave@marketnews.com

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