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MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: Mar 8

                            Mar 8     Mar 8     Mar 8     Mar 8     Mar 8  Mar 8
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                                                                      Avg    Avg
                         Building   Nonfarm   Private  Unemploy    Hourly   Work
                          Permits  Payrolls  Payrolls      Rate  Earnings   Week
Data For                      Jan       Feb       Feb       Feb       Feb    Feb
Denomination                    M         K         K         %      % Ch    Hrs
Median Forecast **          1.288       183       170       3.9       0.3   34.5
High Forecast               1.300       220       222       4.0       0.4   34.5
Low Forecast                1.250       141       134       3.7       0.2   34.5
Mean                          1.3       185       181       3.9       0.3   34.5
Standard Deviation            0.0        22        29       0.1       0.1    0.0
No. of Responses                6        16        10        23        21     10
Bloomberg Consensus          1.26       188       191       3.9       0.3   34.5
Amherst Pierpont               NA       165       160       3.8       0.3     NA
Bank of the West               NA       190        NA       3.9       0.3   34.5
Bayerische Landesbank          NA       205        NA       3.9       0.4     NA
BBVA                           NA        NA        NA        NA        NA     NA
BMO                         1.300       170        NA       3.8       0.3     NA
BNP Paribas                    NA        NA       170       3.7       0.3     NA
Capital Economics              NA       190        NA       3.9       0.2   34.5
Citigroup                      NA        NA        NA        NA        NA     NA
Commerzbank                    NA       210        NA       3.9       0.4     NA
Credit Suisse                  NA        NA        NA        NA        NA     NA
Deka                        1.250       180        NA       3.8       0.2     NA
Deutsche Bank                  NA       220       220       3.9       0.3   34.5
Goldman Sachs               1.288       150       155       3.9       0.4     NA
HSBC                           NA        NA        NA       3.8       0.3     NA
ING Group                      NA       170        NA       3.9       0.4     NA
J.P. Morgan                    NA        NA       222       3.8        NA     NA
Jefferies Economics            NA        NA       205       4.0       0.2   34.5
Lloyds Bank                    NA       185        NA       3.9       0.3   34.5
Morgan Stanley                 NA       141       134       3.8       0.4   34.5
MUFG Union Bank                NA        NA        NA        NA        NA     NA
NTL Bank Canada                NA        NA        NA       3.9        NA     NA
Pantheon Macro                 NA        NA        NA        NA        NA     NA
Scotiabank                     NA       210        NA       3.9       0.2     NA
SocGen                         NA       215       205       3.9       0.3   34.5
TD Securities                  NA        NA        NA       3.9       0.3     NA
UBS                         1.250       175       166       3.9       0.3   34.5
Umaryland                   1.300       180       170       3.9       0.2   34.5
Wells Fargo                    NA        NA        NA       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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