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MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: Mar 6 - Mar 8

Repeats Story Initially Transmitted at 22:06 GMT Mar 5/17:06 EST Mar 5
                           Mar 6      Mar 7   Mar 7     Mar 7    Mar 7    Mar 8
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                                    Nonfarm    Unit   Initial
                           Trade  Prodctvty   Labor   Jobless  Consumr  Housing
                         Balance    (final)   Costs    Claims   Credit   Starts
Data For                     Dec     4Q rev  4Q rev  Mar 2 wk      Jan      Jan
Denomination                   B       % Ch    % Ch         K        B        M
Median Forecast **         -57.2        1.7     1.7       225     16.8    1.178
High Forecast              -50.8        2.0     2.0       230     17.0    1.300
Low Forecast               -58.4        1.5     1.4       225     16.0    1.100
Mean                       -56.5        1.7     1.7       227     16.6      1.2
Standard Deviation           2.4        0.2     0.2       2.1      0.4      0.1
No. of Responses              12          9       9         7        5        8
Bloomberg Consensus        -56.9        1.7     1.8       225     16.8    1.170
Amherst Pierpont              NA         NA      NA        NA       NA       NA
Bank of the West           -56.8        1.7     1.9       229     16.0       NA
Bayerische Landesbank         NA         NA      NA        NA       NA    1.100
BBVA                          NA         NA      NA        NA       NA       NA
BMO                        -56.5        1.5     1.4        NA     17.0    1.150
BNP Paribas                   NA         NA      NA        NA       NA       NA
Capital Economics          -57.0         NA      NA        NA       NA    1.180
Citigroup                     NA         NA      NA        NA       NA       NA
Commerzbank                -58.0         NA      NA       225       NA       NA
Credit Suisse                 NA         NA      NA        NA       NA       NA
Deka                          NA        2.0     1.5        NA       NA    1.160
Deutsche Bank              -57.3        1.8     1.4        NA     16.5       NA
Goldman Sachs              -58.3        1.6     1.7       230       NA    1.207
HSBC                          NA         NA      NA        NA       NA       NA
ING Group                  -52.0         NA      NA        NA       NA       NA
J.P. Morgan                   NA         NA      NA        NA       NA       NA
Jefferies Economics           NA         NA      NA        NA       NA       NA
Lloyds Bank                -50.8        1.5     2.0        NA       NA       NA
Morgan Stanley                NA         NA      NA        NA       NA       NA
MUFG Union Bank               NA         NA      NA        NA       NA       NA
NTL Bank Canada               NA         NA      NA        NA       NA       NA
Pantheon Macro                NA         NA      NA        NA       NA       NA
Scotiabank                 -57.0         NA      NA       225       NA       NA
SocGen                     -58.4         NA      NA        NA       NA       NA
TD Securities                 NA         NA      NA        NA       NA       NA
UBS                        -58.0        1.9     1.7       225       NA    1.300
Umaryland                  -57.9        1.7     1.8       225     17.0    1.178
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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