LONDON (MNI) – Below is a poll of analysts’ forecasts for the UK
April CIPS services data, out Thursday May 6, and the April producer
price data, due out on Friday, May 7.
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!Apr !Apr !Apr ! Apr !Apr !Apr !
!CIPS !PPI !PPI ! PPI !PPI !PPI !
!Services!Input !Input ! Output!Output!Core !
!PMI !Prices!Prices! Prices!Prices!Price!
!Index !% m/m !% y/y ! % m/m !y/y !y/y !
!% ch !% ch !% ch ! % ch !% ch !% ch !
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Median forecast 57.0 0.9 13.0 0.5 4.7 3.5
High forecast 57.5 2.0 14.4 0.9 5.2 4.0
Low forecast 55.0 0.0 5.6 0.3 4.6 3.2
Previous period 56.5 3.6 10.1 0.9 5.0 3.6
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Number responses 17 12 11 12 13 11
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4Cast 57.0 0.9 13.1 0.9 4.7 3.2
Action Economics 57.0 0.3 12.5 0.4 4.7 3.3
Barclays Capital 55.5 0.2 12.4 0.7 4.9 3.5
BNP Paribas 57.0 1.0 n/a n/a 5.2 4.0
Capital Economics 56.0 2.0 14.4 0.7 5.0 n/a
Citi 57.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Commerzbank 57.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Deutsche 57.0 0.0 12.1 0.6 4.8 3.5
Fortis 57.5 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Global Insight 57.0 n/a n/a 0.5 4.8 3.6
Investec 57.0 1.0 13.2 0.4 4.6 3.4
JP Morgan 57.5 1.0 13.2 0.3 4.6 3.5
Lloyds 56.5 0.6 12.8 0.4 4.7 3.5
RBS 55.0 1.2 13.4 0.5 4.8 3.4
Soc. Generale 57.5 0.8 13.0 0.3 4.6 3.5
Sumitomo Mitsubishi 57.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
UBS 57.0 0.5 5.6 0.4 4.7 n/a
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