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MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: Mar 13 - Mar 15

                           Mar 13  Mar 14    Mar 14    Mar 14  Mar 15    Mar 15
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                                            Initial            Empire
                           Constr  Import   Jobless  New Home     Mfg  Industrl
                         Spending  Prices    Claims     Sales  Survey  Productn
Data For                      Jan     Feb  Mar 9 wk       Jan     Mar       Feb
Denomination                 % Ch    % Ch         K         K   Index      % Ch
Median Forecast **            0.3     0.4       225     624.0    10.0       0.4
High Forecast                 0.7     0.5       228     641.0    15.0       1.1
Low Forecast                 -0.9     0.1       220     575.0     6.0       0.0
Mean                          0.2     0.3       224     620.2     9.9       0.4
Standard Deviation            0.4     0.1       3.0      16.4     2.3       0.2
No. of Responses               11       9         9        15      14        24
Amherst Pierpont               NA      NA        NA        NA      NA        NA
Bank of the West              0.3     0.1     228.0       620    10.0       0.2
Barclays Capital               NA      NA        NA        NA      NA        NA
Bayerische Landesbank          NA      NA        NA        NA      NA       0.2
BMO                           0.4     0.4        NA       621    10.0       0.4
Capital Economics              NA      NA        NA        NA     6.0       0.4
CIBC                           NA      NA        NA       611      NA       0.4
Comerica Bank                  NA      NA        NA        NA      NA       0.4
Credit Suisse                  NA      NA        NA       630      NA       0.4
Deka                          0.2      NA        NA       630    12.0       0.4
Deutsche Bank                  NA      NA        NA        NA    10.0       0.6
HSBC                         -0.2      NA     228.0       630     7.0       0.6
ING Group                      NA      NA        NA        NA      NA       0.7
Intesa Sanpaolo               0.2     0.3        NA       630    10.5       0.7
J.P. Morgan                    NA     0.4     221.0       641     7.6       0.0
Jefferies Economics           0.7     0.4     225.0       600    12.0       0.3
Lloyds Bank                   0.6     0.4     220.0       624    11.0       0.6
Morgan Stanley               -0.9      NA        NA        NA      NA       0.3
Natwest                        NA      NA        NA        NA      NA        NA
Nomura                         NA      NA        NA       633     8.0       0.3
RBC                            NA      NA     220.0       575    15.0       0.7
Scotiabank                     NA      NA     225.0        NA      NA       0.5
SocGen                         NA      NA        NA        NA      NA       0.4
TD Securities                  NA      NA        NA        NA      NA       0.0
UBS                           0.2     0.5     225.0       610    11.0       0.0
Umaryland                     0.6     0.3     222.0       610     9.0       1.1
Wells Fargo                   0.3     0.3        NA       638      NA       0.3
** 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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