LONDON (MNI) – Below is a poll of analysts’ forecasts for the
August British Retail Consortium sales data, due at 0001 BST (2301 GMT)
Tuesday, Sep 7 and the July industrial production and manufacturing
output data, due out at 0830 GMT on Wednesday, Sep 8.
! Aug ! ! ! ! !
! BRC ! ! ! ! !
! Sales ! Jul ! Jul ! Jul ! Jul !
! Monitor ! Ind ! Ind ! Manuf. ! Manuf. !
! Like-for- ! Prod ! Prod ! Output ! Output !
! Like ! % ch.! % ch.! % ch. ! % ch. !
! % ch ! m/m ! % m/m! y/y ! y/y !
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Median forecast 1.0 0.4 2.0 0.3 4.9
High forecast 1.0 1.0 2.6 0.6 5.2
Low forecast 0.8 0.1 1.7 -0.3 4.2
Previous period 0.5 -0.5 1.3 0.3 4.1
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Number of responses 5 12 11 12 10
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ABN Amro n/a n/a n/a 0.3 n/a
Action Economics 1.0 0.3 1.9 0.2 4.8
Barclays Capital n/a 0.6 2.3 0.0 4.6
BNP Paribas n/a 1.0 2.6 0.6 5.2
Capital Economics 1.0 0.5 2.2 0.3 4.9
Citi n/a 0.4 2.0 0.3 5.0
Commerzbank n/a 0.4 2.0 n/a n/a
Global Insight 1.0 0.4 2.0 0.3 4.9
Investec 1.0 0.4 1.9 0.3 4.9
Lloyds n/a 0.1 1.7 -0.3 4.2
Nomura n/a 0.2 n/a 0.2 n/a
RBS 0.8 0.3 1.9 0.1 4.7
Societe Generale n/a 0.3 1.9 0.3 4.9
UBS n/a 0.5 2.1 0.4 5.0
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For further information contact David Robinson 44 207 862 7491
e-mail: drobinson@marketnews.com.
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