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MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: Mar 8

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

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