LONDON (MNI) – Below is a survey of analysts’ forecasts for the
April PMI manufacturing survey, due out at 0828 GMT on Tuesday, May 3.

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! April !
! PMI !
! Manufacturing !
! Index !
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Median forecast 57.0
High forecast 58.5
Low forecast 55.5
Previous period 57.1
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Number of responses 16
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ABN Amro 56.5
Barclays Cap. 56.0
BNP Paribas 55.5
Capital Economics 56.0
Citi 58.5
Commerzbank 57.5
Deutsche 57.0
Global Insight 56.5
ING 57.5
Intesa Sanpaolo 56.9
Investec 57.4
JP Morgan 56.7
Lloyds TSB 57.6
Nomura 56.8
RBS 57.5
UBS 58.0
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