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MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: May 1 - May 2

                           May 1   May 1      May 2      May 2  May 2    May 2
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                                            Initial    Nonfarm   Unit
                          Constr     ISM    Jobless  Prodctvty  Labor  Factory
                        Spending  Manufg     Claims   (prelim)  Costs   Orders
Data For                     Mar     Apr  Apr 27 wk         Q1     Q1      Mar
Denomination                % Ch   Index          K       % Ch   % Ch     % Ch
Median Forecast **           0.2    55.3        209        1.8    1.8      1.5
High Forecast                0.3    56.2        215        2.6    3.0      1.9
Low Forecast                -1.3    54.7        195        0.5   -0.1      0.3
Mean                         0.0    55.3        207        1.7    1.6      1.4
Standard Deviation           0.5     0.4        5.6        0.7    0.9      0.4
No. of Responses              10      16          8         11     12       12
Amherst Pierpont              NA    54.8        208        2.2    1.0      1.8
BofA/Merrill Lynch            NA      NA         NA         NA     NA       NA
Bank of the West             0.3    55.5        210        1.0    2.2      1.1
BMO                          0.1    55.3         NA        2.0    1.0      1.4
BNP Paribas                   NA      NA         NA         NA     NA       NA
Capital Economics             NA    56.0         NA         NA     NA       NA
CIBC                          NA    54.8         NA         NA     NA      1.4
Deutsche Bank                0.2    55.5         NA        0.8    2.4      1.1
FT Advisors                 -0.1    55.0        215        2.5    0.0      1.8
Goldman Sachs                0.0    54.8        195        1.5    1.8      1.6
Intesa Sanpaolo              0.3    55.0         NA         NA     NA       NA
Jefferies Economics           NA    56.2         NA        0.5    3.0      0.3
Lloyds Bank                  0.2    55.2        205        1.1    2.2      1.6
Morgan Stanley                NA    55.6         NA         NA     NA       NA
Natwest                       NA    55.0        211        2.4    1.7       NA
SocGen                        NA    54.7         NA         NA    2.0      0.8
UBS                         -1.3    55.3        205        2.6   -0.1      1.9
Umaryland                    0.2    55.5        210        1.8    1.5      1.6
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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