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MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: Mar 8

                            Mar 8     Mar 8  Mar 8
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                                        Avg    Avg
                         Unemploy    Hourly   Work
                             Rate  Earnings   Week
Data For                      Feb       Feb    Feb
Denomination                    %      % Ch    Hrs
Median Forecast **            3.9       0.3   34.5
High Forecast                 4.0       0.4   34.5
Low Forecast                  3.7       0.2   34.5
Mean                          3.9       0.3   34.5
Standard Deviation            0.1       0.1    0.0
No. of Responses               23        21     10
Bloomberg Consensus           3.9       0.3   34.5
Amherst Pierpont              3.8       0.3     NA
Bank of the West              3.9       0.3   34.5
Bayerische Landesbank         3.9       0.4     NA
BBVA                           NA        NA     NA
BMO                           3.8       0.3     NA
BNP Paribas                   3.7       0.3     NA
Capital Economics             3.9       0.2   34.5
Citigroup                      NA        NA     NA
Commerzbank                   3.9       0.4     NA
Credit Suisse                  NA        NA     NA
Deka                          3.8       0.2     NA
Deutsche Bank                 3.9       0.3   34.5
Goldman Sachs                 3.9       0.4     NA
HSBC                          3.8       0.3     NA
ING Group                     3.9       0.4     NA
J.P. Morgan                   3.8        NA     NA
Jefferies Economics           4.0       0.2   34.5
Lloyds Bank                   3.9       0.3   34.5
Morgan Stanley                3.8       0.4   34.5
MUFG Union Bank                NA        NA     NA
NTL Bank Canada               3.9        NA     NA
Pantheon Macro                 NA        NA     NA
Scotiabank                    3.9       0.2     NA
SocGen                        3.9       0.3   34.5
TD Securities                 3.9       0.3     NA
UBS                           3.9       0.3   34.5
Umaryland                     3.9       0.2   34.5
Wells Fargo                   3.9       0.3     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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