MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: Mar 11 - Mar 13

                       Mar 11   Mar 11       Mar 11  Mar 12    Mar 12     Mar 13

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                                Retail                            CPI    Durable

                       Retail    Sales     Business          ex-food,  Goods New

                        Sales  Ex-Auto  Inventories     CPI    energy     Orders

Data For                  Jan      Jan          Dec     Feb       Feb        Jan

Denomination             % Ch     % Ch         % Ch    % Ch      % Ch       % Ch

Median Forecast **       -0.1      0.2          0.6     0.2       0.2       -0.5

High Forecast             0.5      0.9          0.8     0.3       0.3        1.9

Low Forecast             -0.9     -0.6          0.4     0.1       0.1       -2.3

Mean                     -0.1      0.2          0.6     0.2       0.2       -0.4

Standard Deviation        0.3      0.3          0.1     0.1       0.0        1.0

No. of Responses           23       21            6      23        24         21

Amherst Pierpont         -0.2      0.3           NA     0.2       0.2        0.3

Bank of the West         -0.2      0.1          0.6     0.2       0.2       -0.9

Barclays Capital           NA       NA           NA     0.2       0.2         NA

Bayerische

Landesbank               -0.1      0.3           NA     0.3       0.2        0.0

Capital Economics        -0.1      0.2           NA     0.2       0.2        0.8

CIBC                     -0.2      0.2           NA     0.3       0.2        0.0

Comerica Bank            -0.3      0.0           NA     0.3       0.2         NA

Credit Suisse            -0.3     -0.1           NA     0.2       0.2       -0.8

Deka                     -0.1      0.3           NA      NA       0.2       -1.5

Deutsche Bank              NA       NA          0.4     0.2       0.2        1.9

HSBC                      0.1      0.3           NA     0.2       0.1        0.2

ING Group                 0.5       NA           NA     0.2       0.2       -0.5

Intesa Sanpaolo           0.1      0.4           NA      NA       0.2       -0.7

J.P. Morgan              -0.1      0.4           NA     0.1       0.1        1.3

Jefferies Economics       0.0      0.0          0.5     0.2        NA       -1.2

Lloyds Bank               0.3       NA          0.4     0.2       0.2       -0.5

Morgan Stanley           -0.9     -0.6           NA     0.2       0.2         NA

Natwest                   0.1      0.6           NA     0.2       0.2       -1.1

Nomura                    0.0      0.1           NA     0.2       0.2       -1.8

RBC                       0.1      0.6           NA     0.3       0.2         NA

Scotiabank               -0.3      0.2           NA     0.3       0.3       -0.5

SocGen                   -0.4     -0.1           NA     0.2       0.2       -0.4

TD Securities            -0.5      0.0           NA     0.2       0.2        0.1

Umaryland                 0.5      0.9          0.8     0.1       0.2       -0.8

Wells Fargo               0.2      0.3          0.6     0.2       0.2       -2.3

** 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 (973) 494-2611; email: harrison.clarke@marketnews.com

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