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MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: May 15 - May 17

                       May 15   May 16    May 16   May 16      May 16     May 17
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                                                             Phil Fed
                                                  Initial         Mfg     Prelim
                     Business  Housing  Building  Jobless         Mfg       Mich
                  Inventories   Starts   Permits   Claims      Survey  Sentiment
                                                    May 4
Data For                  Jan      Dec       Dec       wk         Mar        Feb
Denomination             % Ch        M         M        K       Index      Index
Median
Forecast **               0.0      1.2       1.3      220         9.0       97.7
High Forecast             0.1      1.3       1.3      230        12.0       99.0
Low Forecast             -0.1      1.1       1.3      210         4.0       96.0
Mean                      0.0      1.2       1.3      220         8.4       97.6
Standard
Deviation                 0.1      0.0       0.0      5.8         3.0        0.9
No. of
Responses                   5       13         7        6          10         11
Amherst
Pierpont                   NA    1.215        NA       NA          NA         NA
BofA/Merrill
Lynch                      NA       NA        NA      220         5.0       96.0
CIBC                       NA    1.234     1.292       NA          NA         NA
Commerzbank                NA    1.200     1.270      220        12.0       97.5
Credit Suisse              NA       NA        NA       NA          NA       96.5
Deka                       NA    1.220     1.295       NA         4.0       99.0
Deutsche Bank            -0.1    1.200     1.300       NA        10.0       98.0
FT Advisors               0.0    1.139        NA      221         5.8       97.7
HSBC                      0.0    1.200     1.280       NA        11.0       98.8
ING Group                  NA       NA        NA       NA          NA       97.5
Lloyds Bank               0.0    1.196     1.295      220        11.0       98.0
Morgan Stanley             NA    1.180        NA       NA          NA         NA
Nomura                     NA    1.130     1.273       NA         8.0         NA
RBC                        NA    1.274        NA      210         5.0       97.0
Scotiabank                 NA    1.200     1.280      230        12.0       98.0
SocGen                     NA    1.210        NA       NA          NA         NA
Wells Fargo               0.1    1.190        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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