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MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: Payrolls

                         Feb 2     Feb 2     Feb 2     Feb 2  Feb 2
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                                                         Avg    Avg
                       Nonfarm   Private  Unemploy    Hourly   Work
                      Payrolls  Payrolls      Rate  Earnings   Week
Data For                   Jan       Jan       Jan       Jan    Jan
Denomination                 K         K         %         %    Hrs
Median Forecast **         185       183       4.1       0.2   34.5
High Forecast              230       230       4.1       0.3   34.5
Low Forecast               160       165       4.0       0.2   34.4
Mean                       189       188       4.1       0.2   34.5
Standard Deviation          18        20       0.0       0.0    0.0
No. of Responses            18         8        18        13      8
Amherst Pierpont           170       165       4.1        NA     NA
Bank of the West           180        NA       4.0       0.2   34.5
BMO                        205        NA       4.1       0.3     NA
BNP Paribas                230       230       4.0       0.2     NA
Capital Economics          200        NA       4.0       0.3   34.5
CIBC                       205        NA       4.1       0.3     NA
Comerica Bank              180        NA       4.0        NA     NA
Credit Suisse              165        NA       4.1       0.2     NA
Deutsche Bank              210       200       4.1       0.2   34.5
FT Advisors                180       175       4.1       0.2   34.5
J.P. Morgan                200        NA       4.0        NA   34.5
Morgan Stanley             195        NA       4.0       0.3   34.4
Nomura                     205       200       4.0       0.3     NA
NTL Bank Canada            160        nA       4.1        NA     NA
RBC                        175       175       4.0        NA     NA
Stone McCarthy             174        NA       4.1       0.3     NA
UBS                        177       172       4.0       0.2   34.5
UMaryland                  190       190       4.1       0.2   34.5
** 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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