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MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: May 31

                        May 31          May 31     May 31   May 31     May 31
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                                                     Core               Final
                      Personal  Current Dollar  PCE Price      MNI       Mich
                        Income             PCE      Index  Chicago  Sentiment
Data For                   Apr             Apr        Apr      May        May
Median Forecast **         0.3             0.2        0.2     53.8      102.0
High Forecast              0.4             0.4        0.3     56.4      102.4
Low Forecast               0.2             0.1        0.1     51.0      100.9
Mean                       0.3             0.2        0.2     53.8      101.8
Standard Deviation         0.1             0.1        0.1      1.3        0.6
No. of Responses            20              20         17       11         14
Amherst Pierpont           0.4             0.2        0.2       NA         NA
BofA/Merrill Lynch         0.3              NA        0.2     53.5      101.0
Bank of the West           0.3             0.2        0.2       NA      102.0
Barclays Capital            NA              NA        0.2       NA         NA
BMO                        0.2             0.3        0.2     53.0      101.0
Capital Economics          0.2             0.2        0.2       NA         NA
CIBC                       0.3             0.1         NA       NA         NA
Commerzbank                 NA             0.2        0.2     56.4      102.0
Credit Suisse              0.2             0.3        0.3       NA      101.0
Deka                       0.3             0.1         NA       NA      102.0
Deutsche Bank              0.2             0.4        0.3     54.0      102.4
FT Advisors                0.3             0.2         NA     53.8      102.0
Goldman Sachs              0.3             0.2        0.2     52.6         NA
HSBC                       0.3             0.3        0.2       NA      100.9
ING Group                   NA              NA         NA       NA      102.0
Lloyds Bank                0.2             0.2        0.2     54.0      102.4
Morgan Stanley             0.2             0.3        0.3       NA         NA
Nomura                     0.3             0.1        0.3     51.0         NA
RBC                        0.3             0.3         NA     55.0      102.0
SocGen                     0.2             0.1        0.1       NA         NA
UBS                        0.3             0.2        0.3     55.0      102.4
Umaryland                  0.3             0.3         NA     53.7      102.4
Wells Fargo                0.4             0.2        0.2       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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