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MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: May 3

                           May 3     May 3     May 3     May 3  May 3   May 3
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                                                           Avg    Avg
                         Nonfarm   Private  Unemploy    Hourly   Work     ISM
                        Payrolls  Payrolls      Rate  Earnings   Week  Nonmfg
Data For                     Apr       Apr       Apr       Apr    Apr     Apr
Denomination                   K         K         %      % Ch    Hrs   Index
Median Forecast **           190       185       3.8       0.3   34.5    57.3
High Forecast                250       220       3.8       0.3   34.5    58.5
Low Forecast                 165       165       3.7       0.2   34.5    56.0
Mean                         196       187       3.8       0.3   34.5    57.2
Standard Deviation            21        16       0.0       0.0    0.0     0.6
No. of Responses              17         9         9        14     11      15
Amherst Pierpont             190       185       3.8       0.3     NA    57.5
BofA/Merrill Lynch           250        NA        NA       0.3   34.5      NA
Bank of the West             190        NA        NA        NA   34.5      NA
BMO                          180        NA       3.8       0.3     NA    57.9
BNP Paribas                   NA       165        NA       0.3     NA    57.0
Capital Economics            165        NA       3.8       0.3   34.5    56.0
CIBC                         208        NA       3.8       0.3     NA    57.5
Deutsche Bank                185       180        NA        NA   34.5    58.5
FT Advisors                  178       170       3.8       0.3   34.5    57.4
Goldman Sachs                195       190       3.8       0.2     NA    57.1
Intesa Sanpaolo              175        NA        NA       0.3     NA    57.0
Jefferies Economics          210       200        NA        NA   34.5    57.3
Lloyds Bank                  190        NA        NA        NA   34.5    57.6
Morgan Stanley               199       194        NA       0.3   34.5      NA
Natwest                      185        NA       3.8        NA     NA    56.5
SocGen                       220        NA        NA       0.3     NA      NA
UBS                          228       220       3.7       0.2   34.5    56.9
Umaryland                    185       175       3.8       0.2   34.5    57.1
Wells Fargo                   NA        NA        NA       0.2     NA    57.3
** 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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