LONDON (MNI) – Below is a poll of analysts’ forecasts for the
UK labour market report, due out on Wednesday, Jan 19 and the January
CBI industrial trends survey, due out at 0930 GMT on Thursday, Jan 20.

! ! ! !Jan !
!Dec ! Nov ! !CBI !
!Claimant ! ILO ! Nov !Monthly !
!Count ! Unemp.! Avg. !Ind. !
!Change ! Rate ! Weekly !Trends !
!’000s ! % ! Earnings !Orders !
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Median forecast 0.0 7.9 2.2 -2.0
High forecast 10.0 8.0 2.4 1.0
Low forecast -5.0 7.8 2.0 -8.0
Previous -1.2 7.9 2.2 -3.0
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Number
of responses 17 12 13 6
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4Cast -2.0 7.9 2.0 1.0
ABN Amro 2.0 n/a n/a -4.0
Action Econ. 2.0 n/a n/a n/a
Barclays Cap. -1.8 7.9 2.3 -8.0
BNP Paribas 10.0 n/a n/a n/a
Capital Econ 10.0 7.9 2.1 n/a
Citi 0.0 7.9 n/a 0.0
Commerzbank -5.0 7.9 2.2 n/a
Deutsche 0.0 n/a 2.2 n/a
Global Insight 0.0 7.9 2.2 -5.0
Investec 3.5 7.8 2.2 n/a
JP Morgan -1.0 7.9 2.2 0.0
NAB 0.0 8.0 2.3 n/a
Nomura -2.0 8.0 2.2 n/a
Soc. Generale 10.0 7.9 2.2 n/a
Sumitomo Mitsui 5.0 n/a 2.3 n/a
UBS 2.0 7.9 2.4 n/a
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