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MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: May 2 - May 3

                            May 2  May 2    May 2     May 3     May 3     May 3
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                          Nonfarm   Unit
                        Prodctvty  Labor  Factory   Nonfarm   Private  Unemploy
                         (prelim)  Costs   Orders  Payrolls  Payrolls      Rate
Data For                       Q1     Q1      Mar       Apr       Apr       Apr
Denomination                 % Ch   % Ch     % Ch         K         K         %
Median Forecast **            1.8    1.8      1.5       190       185       3.8
High Forecast                 2.6    3.0      1.9       250       220       3.8
Low Forecast                  0.5   -0.1      0.3       165       165       3.7
Mean                          1.7    1.6      1.4       196       187       3.8
Standard Deviation            0.7    0.9      0.4        21        16       0.0
No. of Responses               11     12       12        17         9         9
Amherst Pierpont              2.2    1.0      1.8       190       185       3.8
BofA/Merrill Lynch             NA     NA       NA       250        NA        NA
Bank of the West              1.0    2.2      1.1       190        NA        NA
BMO                           2.0    1.0      1.4       180        NA       3.8
BNP Paribas                    NA     NA       NA        NA       165        NA
Capital Economics              NA     NA       NA       165        NA       3.8
CIBC                           NA     NA      1.4       208        NA       3.8
Deutsche Bank                 0.8    2.4      1.1       185       180        NA
FT Advisors                   2.5    0.0      1.8       178       170       3.8
Goldman Sachs                 1.5    1.8      1.6       195       190       3.8
Intesa Sanpaolo                NA     NA       NA       175        NA        NA
Jefferies Economics           0.5    3.0      0.3       210       200        NA
Lloyds Bank                   1.1    2.2      1.6       190        NA        NA
Morgan Stanley                 NA     NA       NA       199       194        NA
Natwest                       2.4    1.7       NA       185        NA       3.8
SocGen                         NA    2.0      0.8       220        NA        NA
UBS                           2.6   -0.1      1.9       228       220       3.7
Umaryland                     1.8    1.5      1.6       185       175       3.8
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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