MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: May 30 - May 31

Repeats Story Initially Transmitted at 21:06 GMT May 28/17:06 EST May 28

                      May    May

                       30     30     May 30    May 31          May 31     May 31

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                           Chain    Initial                                 Core

                     Real  Price    Jobless  Personal  Current Dollar  PCE Price

                      GDP  Index     Claims    Income             PCE      Index

                       1Q     1Q

Data For              (s)    (s)  May 25 wk       Apr             Apr        Apr

Median Forecast

**                    3.1    0.9        212       0.3             0.2        0.2

High Forecast         3.2    0.9        219       0.4             0.4        0.3

Low Forecast          2.9    0.9        205       0.2             0.1        0.1

Mean                  3.1    0.9        213       0.3             0.2        0.2

Standard

Deviation             0.1    0.0          4       0.1             0.1        0.1

No. of Responses       20      9         10        20              20         17

Amherst Pierpont      3.1     NA         NA       0.4             0.2        0.2

BofA/Merrill

Lynch                 2.9    0.9        205       0.3              NA        0.2

Bank of the West      3.1    0.9        219       0.3             0.2        0.2

Barclays Capital       NA     NA         NA        NA              NA        0.2

BMO                   3.0    0.9        214       0.2             0.3        0.2

Capital

Economics             3.0     NA         NA       0.2             0.2        0.2

CIBC                  3.1    0.9         NA       0.3             0.1         NA

Commerzbank           3.0     NA        210        NA             0.2        0.2

Credit Suisse         3.0     NA         NA       0.2             0.3        0.3

Deka                  3.1     NA         NA       0.3             0.1         NA

Deutsche Bank         3.2    0.9         NA       0.2             0.4        0.3

FT Advisors           2.9    0.9        215       0.3             0.2         NA

Goldman Sachs         3.0     NA        210       0.3             0.2        0.2

HSBC                  3.1    0.9         NA       0.3             0.3        0.2

ING Group             3.2     NA         NA        NA              NA         NA

Lloyds Bank            NA    0.9        215       0.2             0.2        0.2

Morgan Stanley         NA     NA         NA       0.2             0.3        0.3

Nomura                2.9     NA         NA       0.3             0.1        0.3

RBC                   3.2     NA        210       0.3             0.3         NA

SocGen                3.2    0.9         NA       0.2             0.1        0.1

UBS                   3.0     NA        210       0.3             0.2        0.3

Umaryland             3.0     NA        218       0.3             0.3         NA

Wells Fargo           3.1     NA         NA       0.4             0.2        0.2

** 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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