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MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: Oct 19 - Oct 20

                           TBA     Oct 19    Oct 19      Oct 19    Oct 20
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                                  Initial  Phil Fed              Existing
                      Treasury    Jobless       Mfg     Leading      Home
                        Budget     Claims    Survey  Indicators     Sales
Data For                   Sep  Oct 14 wk       Oct         Sep       Sep
Denomination                 B          K     Index           %         M
Median Forecast **         5.5        240      21.0         0.1     5.300
High Forecast              7.0        251      25.8         0.2     5.380
Low Forecast               4.0        235      20.0        -0.2     5.100
Mean                       5.5        241      21.5         0.0     5.288
Standard Deviation         1.5        4.7       1.8         0.1      0.06
No. of Responses             2         11        10           6        18
Amherst Pierpont           7.0        235        NA          NA     5.230
BofA/Merrill Lynch          NA         NA        NA          NA     5.300
Bank of the West            NA        238      21.5         0.1     5.330
Barclays Capital            NA        240      20.0          NA     5.300
BMO                         NA         NA      21.0         0.1     5.300
Capital Economics           NA         NA        NA          NA     5.300
CIBC                        NA         NA        NA          NA        NA
Comerica Bank               NA         NA        NA         0.2     5.250
Credit Suisse               NA         NA        NA          NA     5.280
FT Advisors                 NA        240      25.8          NA     5.360
Goldman Sachs               NA        240      23.0          NA        NA
HSBC                        NA        248      21.0          NA     5.300
J.P. Morgan                 NA        235      23.0          NA     5.250
Morgan Stanley              NA         NA        NA        -0.2     5.280
NTL Bank Canada             NA         NA        NA          NA     5.300
RBC                         NA        239      20.0          NA     5.100
SocGen                      NA         NA        NA          NA     5.240
Stone McCarthy              NA        251        NA          NA     5.310
UBS                         NA        240      20.0         0.0     5.380
UMaryland                  4.0        243      20.0         0.1     5.380
** 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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