MNI: UK Preliminary Data Forecasts - Trade Balance

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                              Sep      Sep     Sep

                            Total  Visible  Non-EU

                    Trade balance    Trade   Trade

                           stg bn   stg bn  stg bn

Date Out                   10-Nov   10-Nov  10-Nov

Median                       -4.0    -12.6    -4.0

Forecast High                -3.5    -11.9    -4.0

Forecast Low                   -5      -14      -4

Standard Deviation            0.7      0.6     N/A

Count                           5        7       1

Prior                        -5.6    -14.2

BofAML                       -3.5    -11.9    -4.0

Capital Economics            -5.0      N/A     N/A

HSBC                         -4.0    -12.5     N/A

Investec                     -5.1    -13.6     N/A

Morgan Stanley                N/A    -12.5     N/A

Nomura                        N/A    -13.3     N/A

Oxford Economics             -4.0    -12.6     N/A

Scotia                        N/A    -12.8     N/A

--MNI London Bureau; +44 203 865 3809; email: kieran.williams@marketnews.com

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