MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: Mar 28 - Mar 29

Repeats Story Initially Transmitted at 21:06 GMT Mar 27/17:06 EST Mar 27

                      Mar 28  Mar 28     Mar 28    Mar 29   Mar 29     Mar 29

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                               Chain    Initial                          Core

                        Real   Price    Jobless  Personal  Nominal  PCE Price

                         GDP   Index     Claims    Income      PCE      Index

Data For              4Q (r)  4Q (r)  Mar 23 wk       Feb      Jan        Jan

Denomination            % Ch    % Ch          K      % Ch     % Ch       % Ch

Median Forecast **       2.3     1.8        223       0.3      0.3        0.2

High Forecast            2.6     1.8        225       0.4      0.4        0.2

Low Forecast             1.8     1.8        215      -0.1      0.2        0.1

Mean                     2.3     1.8        222       0.3      0.3        0.2

Standard Deviation       0.2     0.0        3.7       0.1      0.1        0.1

No. of Responses          16       7          8        19       19         14

Amherst Pierpont         2.3      NA        220      -0.1      0.3         NA

BofA/Merrill Lynch       2.1     1.8        225       0.2      0.3        0.1

BMO                      2.0      NA         NA       0.3      0.4        0.2

Capital Economics        2.2      NA         NA       0.1      0.3         NA

CIBC                     2.5     1.8         NA       0.3      0.2         NA

Commerzbank              2.4      NA        220       0.3      0.3        0.2

Credit Suisse             NA      NA         NA       0.3      0.2        0.1

Deutsche Bank            2.6     1.8         NA       0.3      0.2        0.2

Goldman Sachs            2.1      NA        225       0.3      0.4        0.2

HSBC                     2.4     1.8        225       0.0      0.3        0.2

Lloyds Bank              2.5     1.8        225       0.3      0.3        0.2

Morgan Stanley            NA      NA         NA       0.4      0.4        0.2

Natwest                  2.3     1.8        218       0.2      0.3         NA

Nomura                   1.8      NA         NA       0.4      0.3        0.1

RBC                      2.4      NA        215       0.4       NA         NA

SocGen                    NA      NA         NA       0.4      0.4        0.1

TD Securities             NA      NA         NA        NA      0.4        0.2

UBS                      1.9      NA         NA       0.1      0.2        0.1

Umaryland                2.2     1.8        225       0.3      0.4         NA

Wells Fargo              2.4      NA         NA       0.4      0.3        0.2

** 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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