MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: Mar 13 - Mar 14

                      Mar 13    Mar 13  Mar 14    Mar 14  Mar 14   Mar 14

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                                   CPI               PPI           Retail

                              ex-food,          ex-food,  Retail    Sales

                         CPI    energy     PPI    energy   Sales  Ex-Auto

Data For                 Feb       Feb     Feb       Feb     Feb      Feb

Denomination               %         %       %         %       %        %

Median Forecast **       0.2       0.2     0.1       0.2     0.4      0.5

High Forecast            0.3       0.2     0.2       0.2     0.5      0.7

Low Forecast             0.1       0.1     0.0       0.1     0.1      0.3

Mean                     0.2       0.2     0.1       0.2     0.3      0.5

Standard Deviation       0.1       0.0     0.1       0.0     0.1      0.1

No. of Responses          15        15      12         9      15       14

Amherst Pierpont         0.1       0.2     0.0       0.1     0.2      0.5

Bank of the West         0.2       0.2     0.1       0.2     0.3      0.3

Barclays Capital         0.1       0.1     0.2       0.2     0.3      0.4

BMO                      0.2       0.2     0.1       0.2     0.4      0.4

Capital Economics        0.1       0.2     0.1       0.2     0.1      0.3

Comerica Bank            0.2       0.2     0.1        NA     0.3       NA

Credit Suisse            0.2       0.2      NA        NA     0.3      0.3

FT Advisors              0.2       0.2     0.2       0.2     0.5      0.5

Goldman Sachs            0.2       0.2     0.1       0.1     0.4      0.4

Morgan Stanley           0.3       0.2     0.1       0.1     0.4      0.5

Natwest                  0.2       0.2     0.0        NA     0.2      0.3

Nomura                   0.2       0.2      NA        NA     0.5      0.6

NTL Bank Canada          0.1       0.2      NA        NA     0.5      0.7

UBS                      0.1       0.2     0.2       0.2     0.4      0.6

UMaryland                0.2       0.2     0.2        NA     0.4      0.5

** 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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