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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       190       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                        197       189       3.8       0.3   34.5    57.2
Standard Deviation           20        15       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                 195       190       3.8       0.3   34.5    57.3
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; +1 202-371-2121; email: shikha.dave@marketnews.com
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