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MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: Oct 18

                       Oct 18    Oct 18
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                      Housing  Building
                       Starts   Permits
Data For                  Sep       Sep
Denomination                M         M
Median Forecast **      1.170     1.245
High Forecast           1.220     1.260
Low Forecast            1.144     1.200
Mean                    1.173     1.238
Standard Deviation        0.0       0.0
No. of Responses           18        10
Amherst Pierpont        1.160        NA
BofA/Merrill Lynch         NA        NA
Bank of the West        1.185     1.220
Barclays Capital        1.190        NA
BMO                     1.170     1.220
Capital Economics       1.220        NA
CIBC                    1.160     1.225
Comerica Bank           1.170     1.200
Credit Suisse           1.160        NA
FT Advisors             1.190        NA
Goldman Sachs              NA        NA
HSBC                    1.210     1.250
J.P. Morgan             1.180     1.260
Morgan Stanley          1.144        NA
NTL Bank Canada         1.150     1.250
RBC                     1.150        NA
SocGen                  1.170        NA
Stone McCarthy          1.150     1.240
UBS                     1.160     1.250
UMaryland               1.190     1.260
** 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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