Traders await Fri 8:30am ET Sept....>

US DATA PREVIEW: Traders await Fri 8:30am ET Sept CPI. MNI economist poll had

median estimate of 0.6% Sept. CPI, following 0.4% energy-related rise in Aug.

Analysts expect energy prices to move even higher after Aug 2.8% surge, as

hurricanes' impact particularly on gas, continued; core CPI median: 0.2%.

- Nomura Lewis Alexander: "Given higher energy prices and a decent increase in

core components, we expect headline CPI to rise strongly by 0.7% (0.672%) m/m in

September, which wld translate into y/y rate of 2.3% (2.346%) on a y/y basis."

He expects Sept core CPI (ex food and energy) to "rise decently by 0.2% (0.235%)

m/m for September, following a 0.248% gain in August."

- Goldman Sachs saw a 0.6% CPI gain and a 0.2% Core CPI gain.

- JPM saw 0.6% CPI rise and a 0.2% Core CPI gain.

- Morgan Stanley: 0.7% CPI gain and a 0.2% Core CPI rise. 

- Amherst Pierpont Stephen Stanley: 0.6% CPI gain, 0.2% core CPI; said CPI

forecast "on an unrounded basis is a very low 0.6% and thus cd easily round down

to 0.5% (though it doesn't seem that the interpretation of the result will

differ much between a 0.5% or 0.6% rise."