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MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: May 7-9

                         May 7     May 9  May 9     May 9    May 9     May 9
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                                 Initial              PPI
                      Consumer   Jobless         ex-food,    Trade  Wholesle
                        Credit    Claims    PPI    energy  Balance  Inventrs
Data For                   Dec  May 4 wk    Apr       Apr      Mar       Mar
Denomination                 B         K   % Ch      % Ch        B      % Ch
Median Forecast **        15.7       215    0.3       0.2    -51.1       0.3
High Forecast             18.0       220    0.4       0.3    -48.8       0.3
Low Forecast              15.0       210    0.1       0.1    -55.0       0.3
Mean                      16.2       216    0.3       0.2    -51.2       0.3
Standard Deviation         1.1       3.0    0.1       0.1      1.7       0.0
No. of Responses             5         8     15        15       15         1
Amherst Pierpont            NA       215    0.1       0.2    -50.0        NA
Bank of the West          18.0       220    0.2       0.1    -54.0        NA
BMO                         NA        NA     NA        NA    -55.0        NA
Capital Economics           NA        NA    0.3       0.1    -50.0        NA
Credit Suisse               NA        NA     NA        NA       NA        NA
Deka                        NA        NA    0.3       0.2       NA        NA
Deutsche Bank             15.7        NA    0.2       0.2    -50.0        NA
FT Advisors               15.3       215    0.3       0.1    -48.8        NA
Goldman Sachs               NA       215    0.3       0.2    -50.3        NA
HSBC                        NA        NA    0.2        NA    -51.1        NA
ING Group                   NA        NA     NA        NA       NA        NA
Lloyds Bank                 NA       215    0.4       0.2    -51.1        NA
Morgan Stanley              NA        NA    0.2       0.2       NA        NA
RBC                         NA       210    0.3       0.3    -52.8        NA
Scotiabank                  NA        NA     NA       0.1    -53.0        NA
SocGen                      NA        NA    0.2       0.2    -51.2        NA
UBS                       15.0       220    0.3       0.2    -49.7        NA
Umaryland                 17.0       215    0.2       0.2    -50.4       0.3
Wells Fargo                 NA        NA    0.3       0.2    -51.3        NA
--MNI Washington Bureau; tel: +1 202-371-2121; email: kevin.kastner@marketnews.com
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