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

                           Mar 7    Mar 7    Mar 8     Mar 8     Mar 8     Mar 8
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                         Initial
                         Jobless  Consumr  Housing  Building   Nonfarm   Private
                          Claims   Credit   Starts   Permits  Payrolls  Payrolls
Data For                Mar 2 wk      Jan      Jan       Jan       Feb       Feb
Denomination                   K        B        M         M         K         K
Median Forecast **           225     16.8    1.178     1.288       183       170
High Forecast                230     17.0    1.300     1.300       220       222
Low Forecast                 225     16.0    1.100     1.250       141       134
Mean                         227     16.6      1.2       1.3       185       181
Standard Deviation           2.1      0.4      0.1       0.0        22        29
No. of Responses               7        5        8         6        16        10
Bloomberg Consensus          225     16.8    1.170      1.26       188       191
Amherst Pierpont              NA       NA       NA        NA       165       160
Bank of the West             229     16.0       NA        NA       190        NA
Bayerische
Landesbank                    NA       NA    1.100        NA       205        NA
BBVA                          NA       NA       NA        NA        NA        NA
BMO                           NA     17.0    1.150     1.300       170        NA
BNP Paribas                   NA       NA       NA        NA        NA       170
Capital Economics             NA       NA    1.180        NA       190        NA
Citigroup                     NA       NA       NA        NA        NA        NA
Commerzbank                  225       NA       NA        NA       210        NA
Credit Suisse                 NA       NA       NA        NA        NA        NA
Deka                          NA       NA    1.160     1.250       180        NA
Deutsche Bank                 NA     16.5       NA        NA       220       220
Goldman Sachs                230       NA    1.207     1.288       150       155
HSBC                          NA       NA       NA        NA        NA        NA
ING Group                     NA       NA       NA        NA       170        NA
J.P. Morgan                   NA       NA       NA        NA        NA       222
Jefferies Economics           NA       NA       NA        NA        NA       205
Lloyds Bank                   NA       NA       NA        NA       185        NA
Morgan Stanley                NA       NA       NA        NA       141       134
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                   225       NA       NA        NA       210        NA
SocGen                        NA       NA       NA        NA       215       205
TD Securities                 NA       NA       NA        NA        NA        NA
UBS                          225       NA    1.300     1.250       175       166
Umaryland                    225     17.0    1.178     1.300       180       170
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
[TOPICS: MTABLE,M$U$$$]

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