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MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: May 13-15

                May 14  May 15  May 15   May 15    May 15    May 15       May 15
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                        Empire           Retail
                Import     Mfg  Retail    Sales  Industrl  Capacity     Business
                Prices  Survey   Sales  Ex-Auto  Productn   Utilizn  Inventories
Data For           Dec     Mar     Feb      Feb       Feb       Feb          Jan
Denomination      % Ch   Index    % Ch     % Ch      % Ch         %         % Ch
Median
Forecast **        0.7     8.0     0.2      0.7       0.0      78.7          0.0
High Forecast      1.1    10.5     0.4      0.9       0.3      79.0          0.1
Low Forecast       0.6     5.0     0.0      0.4      -0.5      78.4         -0.1
Mean               0.8     7.8     0.2      0.7       0.0      78.7          0.0
Standard
Deviation          0.2     2.0     0.1      0.1       0.2       0.2          0.1
No. of
Responses            6      10      16       15        18        14            8
Amherst
Pierpont            NA      NA     0.1      0.7      -0.1      78.6           NA
BofA/Merrill
Lynch              1.0     5.0      NA       NA      -0.2        NA           NA
CIBC                NA      NA     0.3      0.8      -0.1      78.7           NA
Commerzbank         NA     8.0     0.3      0.8       0.0        NA           NA
Credit Suisse       NA      NA     0.0      0.7      -0.5      78.4           NA
Deka                NA     6.0     0.1      0.6       0.0      78.7           NA
Deutsche Bank       NA     8.0     0.3      0.4       0.2      79.0         -0.1
FT Advisors        0.6     9.9     0.4      0.9       0.0      78.7          0.0
Goldman Sachs       NA      NA     0.0      0.6       0.0      78.6          0.0
HSBC               0.6     8.0     0.2      0.6       0.0      78.7          0.0
ING Group           NA      NA     0.2       NA       0.1        NA           NA
Lloyds Bank         NA    10.0      NA       NA       0.3      79.0          0.0
Morgan Stanley      NA      NA      NA       NA       0.1        NA           NA
Nomura              NA     5.0     0.3      0.8        NA        NA           NA
RBC                 NA      NA     0.0      0.5      -0.1      78.5           NA
Scotiabank          NA      NA     0.1      0.5       0.2      78.8           NA
SocGen              NA      NA     0.3      0.8       0.0      78.7           NA
Umaryland          0.7    10.5     0.2      0.8       0.1      78.8          0.0
Wells Fargo        1.1      NA     0.2      0.7       0.0      78.7          0.1
--MNI Washington Bureau; tel: +1 202-371-2121; email: kevin.kastner@marketnews.com
[TOPICS: MTABLE,M$U$$$]

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