MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: May 3

                           May 3     May 3  May 3   May 3

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                                       Avg    Avg

                        Unemploy    Hourly   Work     ISM

                            Rate  Earnings   Week  Nonmfg

Data For                     Apr       Apr    Apr     Apr

Denomination                   %      % Ch    Hrs   Index

Median Forecast **           3.8       0.3   34.5    57.3

High Forecast                3.8       0.3   34.5    58.5

Low Forecast                 3.7       0.2   34.5    56.0

Mean                         3.8       0.3   34.5    57.2

Standard Deviation           0.0       0.0    0.0     0.6

No. of Responses               9        14     11      15

Amherst Pierpont             3.8       0.3     NA    57.5

BofA/Merrill Lynch            NA       0.3   34.5      NA

Bank of the West              NA        NA   34.5      NA

BMO                          3.8       0.3     NA    57.9

BNP Paribas                   NA       0.3     NA    57.0

Capital Economics            3.8       0.3   34.5    56.0

CIBC                         3.8       0.3     NA    57.5

Deutsche Bank                 NA        NA   34.5    58.5

FT Advisors                  3.8       0.3   34.5    57.3

Goldman Sachs                3.8       0.2     NA    57.1

Intesa Sanpaolo               NA       0.3     NA    57.0

Jefferies Economics           NA        NA   34.5    57.3

Lloyds Bank                   NA        NA   34.5    57.6

Morgan Stanley                NA       0.3   34.5      NA

Natwest                      3.8        NA     NA    56.5

SocGen                        NA       0.3     NA      NA

UBS                          3.7       0.2   34.5    56.9

Umaryland                    3.8       0.2   34.5    57.1

Wells Fargo                   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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