MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: May 9 - May 10

                         May 9  May 9     May 9    May 9     May 9  May 10

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                       Initial              PPI

                       Jobless         ex-food,    Trade  Wholesle

                        Claims    PPI    energy  Balance  Inventrs     CPI

Data For              May 4 wk    Apr       Apr      Mar       Mar     Apr

Denomination                 K   % Ch      % Ch        B      % Ch    % Ch

Median Forecast **         215    0.3       0.2    -51.1       0.3     0.4

High Forecast              220    0.4       0.3    -48.8       0.3     0.5

Low Forecast               210    0.1       0.1    -55.0       0.3     0.2

Mean                       216    0.3       0.2    -51.2       0.3     0.4

Standard Deviation         3.0    0.1       0.1      1.7       0.0     0.1

No. of Responses             8     15        15       15         1      21

Amherst Pierpont           215    0.1       0.2    -50.0        NA     0.4

BofA/Merrill Lynch          NA     NA        NA       NA        NA      NA

Bank of the West           220    0.2       0.1    -54.0        NA     0.3

Barclays Capital            NA     NA        NA       NA        NA     0.4

BMO                         NA     NA        NA    -55.0        NA     0.4

Capital Economics           NA    0.3       0.1    -50.0        NA     0.3

Credit Suisse               NA     NA        NA       NA        NA     0.4

Deka                        NA    0.3       0.2       NA        NA     0.5

Deutsche Bank               NA    0.2       0.2    -50.0        NA     0.2

FT Advisors                215    0.3       0.1    -48.8        NA     0.4

Goldman Sachs              215    0.3       0.2    -50.3        NA     0.5

HSBC                        NA    0.2        NA    -51.1        NA     0.4

ING Group                   NA     NA        NA       NA        NA     0.4

Lloyds Bank                215    0.4       0.2    -51.1        NA     0.4

Morgan Stanley              NA    0.2       0.2       NA        NA     0.4

RBC                        210    0.3       0.3    -52.8        NA     0.5

Scotiabank                  NA     NA       0.1    -53.0        NA     0.4

SocGen                      NA    0.2       0.2    -51.2        NA     0.4

TD Securities               NA     NA        NA       NA        NA     0.4

UBS                        220    0.3       0.2    -49.7        NA     0.4

Umaryland                  215    0.2       0.2    -50.4       0.3     0.4

Wells Fargo                 NA    0.3       0.2    -51.3        NA     0.4

** 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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