MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: Mar 14

                      Mar 14    Mar 14  Mar 14   Mar 14       Mar 14

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                                   PPI           Retail

                              ex-food,  Retail    Sales     Business

                         PPI    energy   Sales  Ex-Auto  Inventories

Data For                 Feb       Feb     Feb      Feb          Jan

Denomination               %         %       %        %            %

Median Forecast **       0.1       0.2     0.4      0.5          0.6

High Forecast            0.2       0.2     0.5      0.7          0.6

Low Forecast             0.0       0.1     0.1      0.3          0.5

Mean                     0.1       0.2     0.3      0.5          0.6

Standard Deviation       0.1       0.0     0.1      0.1          0.0

No. of Responses          12         9      15       14            7

Amherst Pierpont         0.0       0.1     0.2      0.5           NA

Bank of the West         0.1       0.2     0.3      0.3          0.6

Barclays Capital         0.2       0.2     0.3      0.4          0.6

BMO                      0.1       0.2     0.4      0.4          0.5

Capital Economics        0.1       0.2     0.1      0.3          0.6

Comerica Bank            0.1        NA     0.3       NA           NA

Credit Suisse             NA        NA     0.3      0.3           NA

FT Advisors              0.2       0.2     0.5      0.5          0.6

Goldman Sachs            0.1       0.1     0.4      0.4           NA

Morgan Stanley           0.1       0.1     0.4      0.5           NA

Natwest                  0.0        NA     0.2      0.3           NA

Nomura                    NA        NA     0.5      0.6           NA

NTL Bank Canada           NA        NA     0.5      0.7           NA

UBS                      0.2       0.2     0.4      0.6          0.6

UMaryland                0.2        NA     0.4      0.5          0.6

** 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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