MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: Mar 1

                            Mar 1    Mar 1      Mar 1  Mar 1   Mar 1

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                                                 Core  Final

                         Personal  Nominal  PCE Price   Mich     ISM

                           Income      PCE      Index   Sent  Manufg

Data For                      Jan      Dec        Dec    Feb     Feb

Denomination                 % Ch     % Ch       % Ch  Index   Index

Median Forecast **            0.3      0.2        0.2   95.9    55.4

High Forecast                 0.6      0.5        0.2   96.6    57.5

Low Forecast                  0.2     -0.6        0.1   93.0    53.0

Mean                          0.4      0.0        0.2   95.6    55.3

Standard Deviation            0.1      0.3        0.0    0.9     1.1

No. of Responses               15       27         21     13      19

Amherst Pierpont              0.4     -0.5        0.2     NA    56.0

Bank of the West              0.3     -0.5        0.1   95.8    55.4

Barclays Capital               NA      0.2        0.2     NA      NA

BAML                           NA       NA        0.1     NA      NA

Bayerische Landesbank         0.2      0.2         NA   95.1    55.6

BBVA                           NA      0.4         NA     NA      NA

BMO                            NA       NA         NA     NA      NA

BNP Paribas                    NA       NA         NA     NA      NA

Capital Economics             0.3     -0.3        0.2     NA    54.0

CIBC                           NA       NA         NA     NA    54.8

Citigroup                      NA      0.3        0.2     NA      NA

Comerica Bank                  NA       NA         NA     NA    56.0

Commerzbank                    NA       NA         NA     NA      NA

Credit Suisse                 0.3     -0.5        0.1     NA    55.0

Deka                          0.4     -0.1        0.2   96.0    54.5

Deutsche Bank                 0.6      0.3        0.2   95.5    56.0

Goldman Sachs                  NA      0.5        0.2     NA      NA

HSBC                          0.3      0.0        0.1   96.0    54.7

High Frequency                 NA       NA         NA     NA      NA

ING Group                      NA       NA         NA   95.5    56.4

Intesa Sanpaolo               0.3     -0.2        0.2   96.0    56.1

J.P. Morgan                    NA     -0.3        0.1   93.0    53.2

Jefferies Economics           0.4      0.3        0.2   96.2    57.5

Lloyds Bank                   0.4      0.3        0.2   96.6    56.7

Market Securities              NA     -0.2         NA     NA      NA

Morgan Stanley                0.4     -0.5        0.2     NA      NA

MUFG Union Bank                NA      0.3         NA     NA      NA

Natwest                       0.3      0.4        0.2     NA      NA

Nomura                        0.5     -0.3        0.2     NA    53.0

Pantheon Macro                 NA      0.3         NA     NA      NA

RBC                            NA      0.3         NA     NA      NA

Scotiabank                     NA      0.3        0.2     NA      NA

SocGen                         NA      0.2        0.1     NA      NA

Standard Chartered             NA       NA         NA     NA      NA

TD Securities                  NA       NA         NA     NA      NA

UBS                           0.3     -0.6        0.2   96.5    54.5

Umaryland                      NA      0.2         NA   95.5    55.6

Wells Fargo                    NA       NA         NA     NA    55.0

** 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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