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MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: Oct 12

                        Oct 12  Oct 12    Oct 12    Oct 12
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                       Initial               PPI
                       Jobless          ex-food,  Treasury
                        Claims     PPI    energy    Budget
Data For              Oct 7 wk     Sep       Sep       Sep
Denomination                 K       %         %         B
Median Forecast **         252     0.4       0.2      -1.5
High Forecast              275     0.6       0.3       0.0
Low Forecast               250     0.2       0.1      -3.0
Mean                       256     0.4       0.2      -1.5
Standard Deviation         9.3     0.1       0.1       1.5
No. of Responses            11      16        13         2
Amherst Pierpont           250     0.2       0.1        NA
Bank of the West           252     0.5       0.2        NA
Barclays Capital           250     0.4       0.2        NA
BMO                        252     0.5       0.2       0.0
Capital Economics           NA     0.4       0.2        NA
CIBC                        NA     0.5       0.2        NA
Comerica Bank               NA     0.4        NA        NA
FT Advisors                250     0.4       0.2        NA
Goldman Sachs              250     0.5       0.2        NA
J.P. Morgan                255     0.3       0.1        NA
Morgan Stanley              NA     0.6       0.1        NA
Natwest                     NA     0.2        NA        NA
NTL Bank Canada             NA      NA        NA        NA
RBC                        275     0.4       0.2        NA
SocGen                      NA      NA        NA        NA
Stone McCarthy             275     0.4        NA        NA
TD Securities               NA      NA        NA        NA
UBS                        250     0.4       0.3        NA
UMaryland                  260     0.4       0.2      -3.0
** 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
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