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MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: Oct 13

                      Oct 13   Oct 13  Oct 13    Oct 13       Oct 13   Oct 13
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                               Retail               CPI
                      Retail    Sales          ex-food,     Business     Mich
                       Sales  Ex-Auto     CPI    energy  Inventories     Sent
Data For                 Sep      Sep     Sep       Sep          Aug  Oct (p)
Denomination               %        %       %         %            %
Median Forecast **       1.9      0.9     0.6       0.2          0.7     95.5
High Forecast            2.7      1.9     0.7       0.2          0.8     97.0
Low Forecast             1.4      0.7     0.5       0.1          0.4     94.0
Mean                     1.9      1.0     0.6       0.2          0.7     95.4
Standard Deviation       0.4      0.3     0.1       0.0          0.1      0.8
No. of Responses          18       19      18        18            8       14
Amherst Pierpont         1.8      0.7     0.6       0.2           NA     95.5
Bank of the West         1.4      0.8     0.5       0.2          0.4     95.6
Barclays Capital         1.7      0.9     0.6       0.2          0.7     97.0
BMO                      2.6      1.9     0.7       0.2          0.7     95.4
Capital Economics        2.2      1.0     0.6       0.2          0.5     96.0
CIBC                     2.1      0.8     0.7       0.2           NA       NA
Comerica Bank            1.5      1.0     0.6       0.2           NA       NA
FT Advisors              1.6      0.8     0.7       0.1          0.7     95.6
Goldman Sachs            1.9      0.9     0.6       0.2           NA     95.5
J.P. Morgan              1.9      0.7     0.6       0.2          0.7     94.5
Morgan Stanley           2.4      1.2     0.7       0.2           NA       NA
Natwest                  1.4      0.8     0.6       0.2           NA     95.0
NTL Bank Canada          1.4      1.0     0.6       0.2           NA       NA
RBC                      1.9      0.8     0.6       0.2           NA     94.0
SocGen                   2.7      0.9     0.6       0.2           NA     94.5
Stone McCarthy            NA      1.0     0.5       0.2           NA     96.5
TD Securities            1.7      1.1      NA        NA           NA       NA
UBS                      2.3      1.5     0.6       0.2          0.7     95.0
UMaryland                1.5      0.7     0.5       0.2          0.8     95.8
** 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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