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MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: May 15

                      May 15  May 15   May 15    May 15    May 15       May 15
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                      Empire           Retail
                         Mfg  Retail    Sales  Industrl  Capacity     Business
                      Survey   Sales  Ex-Auto  Productn   Utilizn  Inventories
Data For                 Mar     Feb      Feb       Feb       Feb          Jan
Denomination           Index    % Ch     % Ch      % Ch         %         % Ch
Median Forecast **       8.0     0.2      0.7       0.0      78.7          0.0
High Forecast           10.5     0.4      0.9       0.3      79.0          0.1
Low Forecast             5.0     0.0      0.4      -0.5      78.4         -0.1
Mean                     7.8     0.2      0.7       0.0      78.7          0.0
Standard Deviation       2.0     0.1      0.1       0.2       0.2          0.1
No. of Responses           9      16       15        18        14            7
Amherst Pierpont          NA     0.1      0.7      -0.1      78.6           NA
BofA/Merrill Lynch       5.0      NA       NA      -0.2        NA           NA
CIBC                      NA     0.3      0.8      -0.1      78.7           NA
Commerzbank              8.0     0.3      0.8       0.0        NA           NA
Credit Suisse             NA     0.0      0.7      -0.5      78.4           NA
Deka                     6.0     0.1      0.6       0.0      78.7           NA
Deutsche Bank            8.0     0.3      0.4       0.2      79.0         -0.1
FT Advisors              9.9     0.4      0.9       0.0      78.7          0.0
Goldman Sachs             NA     0.0      0.6       0.0      78.6          0.0
HSBC                     8.0     0.2      0.6       0.0      78.7          0.0
ING Group                 NA     0.2       NA       0.1        NA           NA
Lloyds Bank             10.0      NA       NA       0.3      79.0          0.0
Morgan Stanley            NA      NA       NA       0.1        NA           NA
Nomura                   5.0     0.3      0.8        NA        NA           NA
RBC                       NA     0.0      0.5      -0.1      78.5           NA
Scotiabank                NA     0.1      0.5       0.2      78.8           NA
SocGen                    NA     0.3      0.8       0.0      78.7           NA
Umaryland               10.5     0.2      0.8       0.1      78.8          0.0
Wells Fargo               NA     0.2      0.7       0.0      78.7          0.1
** 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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