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MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: Nonfarm Payrolls

                         Jan 5     Jan 5     Jan 5     Jan 5  Jan 5
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                                                         Avg    Avg
                       Nonfarm   Private  Unemploy    Hourly   Work
                      Payrolls  Payrolls      Rate  Earnings   Week
Data For                   Dec       Dec       Dec       Dec    Dec
Denomination                 K         K         %         %    Hrs
Median Forecast **         190       185       4.1       0.3   34.5
High Forecast              210       205       4.1       0.3   34.5
Low Forecast               170       165       4.0       0.2   34.4
Mean                       190       186       4.1       0.3   34.5
Standard Deviation          13        14       0.0       0.0    0.0
No. of Responses            18         9        17        14      6
Amherst Pierpont           205       205       4.1        NA     NA
Barclays Capital            NA        NA        NA        NA     NA
BMO                        190        NA       4.1       0.3     NA
BNP Paribas                175       165       4.0       0.2     NA
Capital Economics          210        NA       4.0       0.2   34.5
CIBC                       176        NA       4.0       0.3     NA
Credit Suisse              200        NA       4.1       0.3     NA
Deutsche Bank              185       185       4.1       0.3   34.4
FT Advisors                195       190       4.1       0.2   34.5
Goldman Sachs              175       170       4.0       0.3     NA
J.P. Morgan                175       170       4.1       0.3   34.5
Morgan Stanley             190        NA       4.0       0.2   34.4
Natwest                    200        NA       4.1        NA     NA
Nomura                     190       185       4.0       0.3     NA
NTL Bank Canada            175        NA       4.1        NA     NA
RBC                        200       195        NA        NA     NA
Stone McCarthy             203        NA       4.1       0.3     NA
TD Securities              170        NA       4.1       0.3     NA
UMaryland                  210       205       4.1       0.2   34.5
** 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: holly.stokes@marketnews.com
[TOPICS: MTABLE,M$U$$$]

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