MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: Mar 12 - Mar 13

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                        Mar 12    Mar 12     Mar 13     Mar 13  Mar 13    Mar 13

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                                     CPI    Durable    Durable               PPI

                                ex-food,  Goods New      Goods          ex-food,

                           CPI    energy     Orders  Ex. Trans     PPI    energy

Data For                   Feb       Feb        Jan        Jan     Feb       Feb

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

Median Forecast **         0.2       0.2       -0.5        0.1     0.2       0.2

High Forecast              0.3       0.3        1.9        1.4     0.3       0.3

Low Forecast               0.1       0.1       -4.7       -1.4    -0.1       0.0

Mean                       0.2       0.2       -0.6        0.1     0.2       0.2

Standard Deviation         0.1       0.0        1.3        0.5     0.1       0.1

No. of Responses            24        25         23         21      18        16

Amherst Pierpont           0.2       0.2        0.3        0.5     0.0       0.0

Bank of the West           0.2       0.2       -0.9        0.0     0.2       0.2

Barclays Capital           0.2       0.2         NA         NA      NA        NA

Bayerische

Landesbank                 0.3       0.2        0.0        1.4      NA        NA

BMO                        0.2       0.2       -1.0        0.1     0.3       0.2

Capital Economics          0.2       0.2        0.8        0.0     0.0       0.0

CIBC                       0.3       0.2        0.0       -0.1      NA        NA

Comerica Bank              0.3       0.2         NA         NA     0.3       0.2

Credit Suisse              0.2       0.2       -0.8        0.1      NA        NA

Deka                        NA       0.2       -1.5        0.1     0.2       0.2

Deutsche Bank              0.2       0.2        1.9        0.3     0.3       0.3

HSBC                       0.2       0.1        0.2       -0.2     0.0        NA

ING Group                  0.2       0.2       -0.5        0.3      NA        NA

Intesa Sanpaolo             NA       0.2       -0.7        0.2     0.2       0.2

J.P. Morgan                0.1       0.1        1.3       -0.5    -0.1       0.2

Jefferies Economics        0.2        NA       -1.2         NA     0.2       0.1

Lloyds Bank                0.2       0.2       -0.5        0.4     0.2       0.2

Morgan Stanley             0.2       0.2       -4.7       -1.4     0.2       0.2

Natwest                    0.2       0.2       -1.1         NA     0.3        NA

Nomura                     0.2       0.2       -1.8        0.0      NA        NA

RBC                        0.3       0.2         NA        1.0     0.1       0.0

Scotiabank                 0.3       0.3       -0.5        0.4     0.2       0.2

SocGen                     0.2       0.2       -0.4        0.4      NA        NA

TD Securities              0.2       0.2        0.1       -0.3      NA        NA

UBS                        0.2       0.2       -0.1       -0.2     0.3       0.2

Umaryland                  0.1       0.2       -0.8         NA     0.2       0.2

Wells Fargo                0.2       0.2       -2.3        0.0     0.2       0.2

** 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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