LONDON (MNI) – Below is a survey of analysts’ forecasts for the UK
September purchasing managers indices (PMIs) for manufacturing,
construction and services.

The manufacturing survey is due out at 0828GMT on Monday, October
3, the construction survey at 0830 GMT on Tuesday, October 4 and
the services survey at 0828 GMT on Wednesday, October 5.

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!Sep ! Sep ! Sep !
!PMI ! PMI ! PMI !
!Manufacturing! Construction! Services !
!Index ! Index ! Index !
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Median forecast 48.6 51.7 50.7
High forecast 49.5 52.0 52.0
Low forecast 47.0 51.2 49.0
Previous period 49.0 52.6 51.1
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Number responses 16 5 15
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ABN Amro 48.5 n/a 50.0
Barclays Capital 47.8 n/a 51.0
Capital Economics 48.5 n/a 52.0
Citi 47.0 n/a 49.0
Commerzbank 48.8 n/a n/a
Deutsche 49.0 n/a 50.5
Global Insight 48.7 51.2 50.7
ING 49.0 51.7 50.5
Investec 48.6 n/a 51.0
JP Morgan 48.8 n/a 51.6
Lloyds TSB 48.2 n/a 51.9
Nomura 48.5 n/a 51.2
RBS 48.6 52.0 51.1
Standard Chartered 48.4 51.9 50.3
UBS 48.2 n/a 50.1
Westpac 49.5 51.5 50.5

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