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MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: Mar 5 - Mar 7

                          Mar 5     Mar 5     Mar 5    Mar 6      Mar 7   Mar 7
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                                                                Nonfarm    Unit
                            ISM  New Home  Treasury    Trade  Prodctvty   Labor
                         Nonmfg     Sales    Budget  Balance    (final)   Costs
Data For                    Feb       Dec       Dec      Dec     4Q rev  4Q rev
Denomination              Index         K         B        B       % Ch    % Ch
Median Forecast **         57.3       590       4.0    -57.2        1.7     1.7
High Forecast              58.7       660       6.0    -50.8        2.0     2.0
Low Forecast               56.9       555       2.0    -58.4        1.5     1.4
Mean                       57.5       593       4.0    -56.5        1.7     1.7
Standard Deviation          0.6      27.0       2.0      2.4        0.2     0.2
No. of Responses             14        20         2       12          9       9
Bloomberg Consensus        57.3       583        NA    -56.9        1.7     1.8
Amherst Pierpont           57.5       615       6.0       NA         NA      NA
Bank of the West           57.1       585        NA    -56.8        1.7     1.9
Bayerische Landesbank      58.0        NA        NA       NA         NA      NA
BBVA                         NA       555        NA       NA         NA      NA
BMO                        57.0       591        NA    -56.5        1.5     1.4
BNP Paribas                  NA        NA        NA       NA         NA      NA
Capital Economics          57.0       590        NA    -57.0         NA      NA
Citigroup                    NA       578        NA       NA         NA      NA
Commerzbank                58.7       590        NA    -58.0         NA      NA
Credit Suisse                NA       620        NA       NA         NA      NA
Deka                         NA       560        NA       NA        2.0     1.5
Deutsche Bank              57.0       660        NA    -57.3        1.8     1.4
Goldman Sachs              56.9       574        NA    -58.3        1.6     1.7
HSBC                         NA        NA        NA       NA         NA      NA
ING Group                  57.4        NA        NA    -52.0         NA      NA
J.P. Morgan                  NA       570        NA       NA         NA      NA
Jefferies Economics          NA        NA        NA       NA         NA      NA
Lloyds Bank                57.2       579        NA    -50.8        1.5     2.0
Morgan Stanley               NA        NA        NA       NA         NA      NA
MUFG Union Bank              NA       560        NA       NA         NA      NA
NTL Bank Canada              NA       600        NA       NA         NA      NA
Pantheon Macro               NA       650        NA       NA         NA      NA
Scotiabank                 57.0       610        NA    -57.0         NA      NA
SocGen                     58.5       580        NA    -58.4         NA      NA
TD Securities                NA        NA        NA       NA         NA      NA
UBS                        57.5       600        NA    -58.0        1.9     1.7
Umaryland                  57.5       600       2.0    -57.9        1.7     1.8
Wells Fargo                  NA        NA        NA       NA         NA      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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