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MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: Mar 7 - Mar 8

                          Mar 7     Mar 7    Mar 7    Mar 8     Mar 8     Mar 8
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                           Unit   Initial
                          Labor   Jobless  Consumr  Housing  Building   Nonfarm
                          Costs    Claims   Credit   Starts   Permits  Payrolls
Data For                 4Q rev  Mar 2 wk      Jan      Jan       Jan       Feb
Denomination               % Ch         K        B        M         M         K
Median Forecast **          1.8       225     16.8    1.160     1.250       190
High Forecast               2.0       229     17.0    1.180     1.250       220
Low Forecast                1.4       225     16.0    1.100     1.250       141
Mean                        1.7       226     16.6      1.1       1.3       189
Standard Deviation          0.2       1.9      0.4      0.0       0.0        20
No. of Responses              6         3        4        3         1        15
Bloomberg Consensus         1.8     225.0     16.8     1.17      1.26     188.0
Amherst Pierpont             NA        NA       NA       NA        NA     165.0
Bank of the West            1.9     229.0     16.0       NA        NA     190.0
Bayerische Landesbank        NA        NA       NA    1.100        NA     205.0
BBVA                         NA        NA       NA       NA        NA        NA
BNP Paribas                  NA        NA       NA       NA        NA        NA
Capital Economics            NA        NA       NA    1.180        NA       190
Citigroup                    NA        NA       NA       NA        NA        NA
Commerzbank                  NA     225.0       NA       NA        NA     210.0
Credit Suisse                NA        NA       NA       NA        NA        NA
Deka                        1.5        NA       NA     1.16    1250.0     180.0
Deutsche Bank               1.4        NA     16.5       NA        NA     220.0
Goldman Sachs                NA        NA       NA       NA        NA        NA
HSBC                         NA        NA       NA       NA        NA        NA
ING Group                    NA        NA       NA       NA        NA     170.0
J.P. Morgan                  NA        NA       NA       NA        NA        NA
Jefferies Economics          NA        NA       NA       NA        NA        NA
Lloyds Bank                 2.0        NA       NA       NA        NA     185.0
Morgan Stanley               NA        NA       NA       NA        NA     141.0
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                   NA     225.0       NA       NA        NA     210.0
SocGen                       NA        NA       NA       NA        NA     215.0
TD Securities                NA        NA       NA       NA        NA        NA
Umaryland                   1.8        NA     17.0       NA        NA       180
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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