MNI Survey of US Economic Forecasts: Personal Income

Repeats Story Initially Transmitted at 20:06 GMT Feb 28/15:06 EST Feb 28

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                                 Current       Core

                      Personal    Dollar  PCE Price

                        Income       PCE      Index

Data For                   Jan       Jan        Jan

Denomination           Pct Chg   Pct Chg    Pct Chg

Median Forecast **         0.3       0.2        0.3

High Forecast              0.5       0.4        0.3

Low Forecast              -0.1       0.1        0.2

Mean                       0.2       0.2        0.3

Standard Deviation         0.1       0.1        0.0

No. of Responses            13        13          7

Amherst Pierpont           0.2       0.3        0.3

Barclays Capital           0.3       0.4        0.3

BMO                        0.4       0.2        0.3

Capital Economics         -0.1       0.3         NA

CIBC                       0.1       0.2         NA

Comerica Bank              0.3       0.2         NA

Credit Suisse              0.3       0.2        0.2

FT Advisors                0.2       0.2         NA

Goldman Sachs              0.3       0.2        0.3

Morgan Stanley             0.5       0.2         NA

Nomura                      NA        NA        0.2

NTL Bank Canada            0.2       0.1         NA

UBS                        0.2       0.2        0.3

UMaryland                  0.3       0.2         NA

** 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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