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

Repeats Story Initially Transmitted at 21:06 GMT Mar 13/17:06 EST Mar 13

                         Mar 14    Mar 14    Mar 14  Mar 15    Mar 15    Mar 15

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                                  Initial            Empire

                         Import   Jobless  New Home     Mfg  Industrl  Capacity

                         Prices    Claims     Sales  Survey  Productn   Utilizn

Data For                    Feb  Mar 9 wk       Jan     Mar       Feb       Feb

Denomination               % Ch         K         K   Index      % Ch         %

Median Forecast **          0.4       225       624    10.0       0.4      78.5

High Forecast               0.5       228       641    15.0       1.1      79.0

Low Forecast                0.1       220       575     6.0       0.0      78.1

Mean                        0.3       224       620     9.9       0.4      78.5

Standard Deviation          0.1       3.0      16.4     2.3       0.2       0.2

No. of Responses              9         9        15      14        24        19

Amherst Pierpont             NA        NA        NA      NA        NA        NA

Bank of the West            0.1       228       620    10.0       0.2      78.5

Barclays Capital             NA        NA        NA      NA        NA        NA

Bayerische Landesbank        NA        NA        NA      NA       0.2        NA

BMO                         0.4        NA       621    10.0       0.4      78.4

Capital Economics            NA        NA        NA     6.0       0.4      78.4

CIBC                         NA        NA       611      NA       0.4      78.6

Comerica Bank                NA        NA        NA      NA       0.4      78.5

Credit Suisse                NA        NA       630      NA       0.4      78.4

Deka                         NA        NA       630    12.0       0.4      78.4

Deutsche Bank                NA        NA        NA    10.0       0.6      78.8

HSBC                         NA       228       630     7.0       0.6      78.5

ING Group                    NA        NA        NA      NA       0.7        NA

Intesa Sanpaolo             0.3        NA       630    10.5       0.7        NA

J.P. Morgan                 0.4       221       641     7.6       0.0      78.1

Jefferies Economics         0.4       225       600    12.0       0.3      78.5

Lloyds Bank                 0.4       220       624    11.0       0.6      78.6

Morgan Stanley               NA        NA        NA      NA       0.3      78.3

Natwest                      NA        NA        NA      NA        NA        NA

Nomura                       NA        NA       633     8.0       0.3        NA

RBC                          NA       220       575    15.0       0.7      78.7

Scotiabank                   NA       225        NA      NA       0.5      78.6

SocGen                       NA        NA        NA      NA       0.4      78.5

TD Securities                NA        NA        NA      NA       0.0        NA

UBS                         0.5       225       610    11.0       0.2      78.2

Umaryland                   0.3       222       610     9.0       1.1      79.0

Wells Fargo                 0.3        NA       638      NA       0.3      78.7

** 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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