MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: Nov 15 - Nov 16

                            Nov 15  Nov 15       Nov 15    Nov 16    Nov 16

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                      Phil Fed Mfg  Empire

                               Mfg     Mfg     Business  Industrl  Capacity

                            Survey  Survey  Inventories  Productn   Utilizn

Data For                       Nov     Nov          Sep       Oct       Oct

Denomination                 Index    % Ch         % Ch      % Ch         %

Median Forecast **            20.0    20.0          0.3       0.1      78.1

High Forecast                 22.0    22.2          0.3       0.3      78.3

Low Forecast                  15.0    15.0          0.3      -0.4      77.9

Mean                          19.2    19.7          0.3       0.1      78.1

Standard Deviation             2.1     2.2          0.0       0.2       0.1

No. of Responses                 8       7            6        11         9

Amherst Pierpont                NA      NA           NA       0.0      78.0

Barclays Capital              21.0    21.0          0.3      -0.4        NA

BMO                           22.0    20.0          0.3       0.2      78.1

Capital Economics             15.0    15.0           NA       0.0      78.1

CIBC                            NA      NA           NA       0.0      78.1

Deutsche Bank                 20.0    20.0          0.3       0.2      78.3

FT Advisors                   18.3    22.2          0.3       0.2      78.2

Goldman Sachs                 17.0      NA           NA       0.3      78.2

Morgan Stanley                  NA      NA           NA       0,5        NA

Natwest                         NA      NA           NA      -0.1      77.9

UBS                           20.0    18.5          0.3      -0.1      77.9

UMaryland                     20.0    21.1          0.3       0.2      78.2

** Note: The survey median is compiled solely from the forecasts listed above

and is not intended to represent a market consensus.

--MNI Washington Bureau; +1 202-371-2121; email: shikha.dave@marketnews.com

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