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MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: Mar 26 - Mar 28

Repeats Story Initially Transmitted at 21:06 GMT Mar 25/17:06 EST Mar 25
                       Mar 26    Mar 26    Mar 26   Mar 27   Mar 27  Mar 28
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                      Housing  Building  Consumer    Trade  Current    Real
                       Starts   Permits      Conf  Balance  Account     GDP
Data For                  Feb       Feb       Mar      Jan       4Q  4Q (r)
Denomination                M         M     Index        B        B    % Ch
Median Forecast **      1.205     1.300     133.0    -57.5   -132.3     2.3
High Forecast           1.330     1.350     136.5    -55.0   -128.0     2.6
Low Forecast            1.130     1.270     129.0    -60.6   -135.0     1.8
Mean                    1.208     1.306     133.1    -57.5   -131.9     2.3
Standard Deviation        0.0       0.0       1.9      1.2      2.1     0.2
No. of Responses           18        11        17       16        6      16
Amherst Pierpont        1.220        NA     134.5    -60.6       NA     2.3
BofA/Merrill Lynch      1.240     1.270     132.0    -57.8   -131.0     2.1
BMO                     1.190     1.300     131.8    -57.0   -132.1     2.0
Capital Economics       1.130        NA     133.0    -57.0       NA     2.2
CIBC                    1.192     1.295     133.4    -58.2       NA     2.5
Commerzbank             1.250     1.300     129.0    -58.0       NA     2.4
Credit Suisse           1.250        NA     132.5    -57.5       NA      NA
Deutsche Bank           1.250     1.350        NA    -57.0       NA     2.6
Goldman Sachs           1.230        NA     133.0    -57.0       NA     2.1
HSBC                    1.215     1.300     130.0    -57.0   -132.6     2.4
Lloyds Bank             1.182     1.320     132.0    -57.5   -128.0     2.5
Morgan Stanley          1.210     1.320     136.1       NA       NA      NA
Natwest                 1.190        NA     133.0       NA       NA     2.3
Nomura                  1.141     1.310     134.0    -55.0       NA     1.8
RBC                     1.330        NA     134.0    -56.0       NA     2.4
SocGen                  1.190        NA     136.5       NA       NA      NA
TD Securities              NA        NA        NA       NA       NA      NA
UBS                     1.140     1.310     135.0    -58.7   -135.0     1.9
Umaryland               1.200     1.290     133.0    -57.7   -132.5     2.2
Wells Fargo                NA        NA        NA    -58.4       NA     2.4
** 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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