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MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: Mar 14 - Mar 15

                         Mar 14    Mar 14  Mar 15    Mar 15    Mar 15     Mar 15
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                        Initial            Empire                         Prelim
                        Jobless  New Home     Mfg  Industrl  Capacity       Mich
                         Claims     Sales  Survey  Productn   Utilizn  Sentiment
Data For               Mar 9 wk       Jan     Mar       Feb       Feb        Mar
Denomination                  K         K   Index      % Ch         %      Index
Median Forecast **          225     624.0    10.0       0.4      78.5       95.5
High Forecast               228     641.0    15.0       1.1      79.0       97.0
Low Forecast                220     575.0     6.0       0.0      78.0       94.0
Mean                        224     620.2     9.9       0.4      78.5       95.6
Standard Deviation          3.0      16.4     2.3       0.2       0.2        0.9
No. of Responses              9        15      14        24        19         17
Bloomberg Consensus       225.0     625.0               0.4      78.5       95.6
Amherst Pierpont             NA        NA      NA        NA        NA         NA
Bank of the West          228.0       620    10.0       0.2      78.5       96.0
Barclays Capital             NA        NA      NA        NA        NA         NA
Bayerische
Landesbank                   NA        NA      NA       0.2        NA       96.5
BMO                          NA       621    10.0       0.4      78.4       94.5
Capital Economics            NA        NA     6.0       0.4      78.4       97.0
CIBC                         NA       611      NA       0.4      78.6         NA
Comerica Bank                NA        NA      NA       0.4      78.5         NA
Credit Suisse                NA       630      NA       0.4      78.4       95.5
Deka                         NA       630    12.0       0.4      78.4       96.0
Deutsche Bank                NA        NA    10.0       0.6      78.8       95.0
HSBC                      228.0       630     7.0       0.6      78.5       95.1
ING Group                    NA        NA      NA       0.7        NA       95.6
Intesa Sanpaolo              NA       630    10.5       0.7        NA       95.5
J.P. Morgan               221.0       641     7.6       0.0      78.1       94.2
Jefferies Economics       225.0       600    12.0       0.3      78.5       96.5
Lloyds Bank               220.0       624    11.0       0.6      78.6       95.5
Morgan Stanley               NA        NA      NA       0.3      78.3         NA
Natwest                      NA        NA      NA        NA        NA         NA
Nomura                       NA       633     8.0       0.3        NA         NA
RBC                       220.0       575    15.0       0.7      78.7       97.0
Scotiabank                225.0        NA      NA       0.5      78.6       95.0
SocGen                       NA        NA      NA       0.4      78.5         NA
TD Securities                NA        NA      NA       0.0        NA         NA
UBS                       225.0       610    11.0       0.0      78.0       96.0
Umaryland                 222.0       610     9.0       1.1      79.0       94.0
Wells Fargo                  NA       638      NA       0.3      78.7         NA
** 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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