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PARTICIPANTS TOTAL LIGHT VEHICLE SALES CHAINED PRICE INDEX
FOR & DOM. | Mil. of Units (SAAR) 2000 | Level

QUARTER 13/1 13/2 13/3 13/4 13/1 13/2 13/3 13/4

Beacon Economics | Christopher Thornberg NA NA NA NA 116.5 116.4 116.9 117.4
Conf. Board | Ken Goldstein 15.2 15.3 15.5 15.7 116.4 116.8 117.3 117.7
Fannie Mae | Doug Duncan 14.8 15.0 15.1 15.3 116.8 117.2 117.9 118.5
Global Insight | Nigel Gault 14.8 15.1 15.2 15.3 116.5 116.8 117.3 117.7
GSU-EFC | Rajeev Dhawan 13.8 14.1 14.5 14.4 116.9 117.3 117.9 118.4
Moody'sEconomy | Mark Zandi 14.6 15.2 16.0 16.5 117.2 117.8 118.6 119.2
Mortgage | Jay Brinkmann 14.8 14.9 14.9 15.1 114.4 114.6 115.2 115.6
NAM | Chad Moutray 14.6 14.6 14.7 14.8 NA NA NA NA
Northern Tr | Paul Kasriel 14.9 15.1 15.3 15.6 117.3 117.7 118.2 118.7
Perryman Gp | Ray Perryman 15.0 15.5 15.7 15.9 116.3 116.9 117.6 118.0
Royal Bank of Canada | Craig Wright 14.5 14.6 14.8 15.0 116.7 117.2 117.7 118.2
S & P | Beth Ann Bovino 14.9 15.3 15.6 15.7 116.7 117.1 117.7 118.1
UBS | Maury Harris NA NA NA NA 117.0 117.6 118.2 118.8
US Bank | Keith Hembre 14.5 14.5 14.6 14.8 NA NA NA NA
US Chamber | Martin Regalia NA NA NA NA 116.9 117.4 117.9 118.5
Wells Fargo | John Silvia 13.9 14.0 14.2 14.5 116.9 117.4 117.9 118.5
Consensus 14.6 14.9 15.1 15.3 116.6 117.0 117.6 118.1

PARTICIPANTS FEDERAL FUNDS RATE AAA CORPORATE BOND RATE

% %

QUARTER 13/1 13/2 13/3 13/4 13/1 13/2 13/3 13/4

Beacon Economics | Christopher Thornberg NA NA NA NA 4.2 4.3 4.5 4.5

Conf. Board | Ken Goldstein 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 3.5 3.5 3.8 4.3

Fannie Mae | Doug Duncan 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 NA NA NA NA

Global Insight | Nigel Gault 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 3.7 3.9 4.1 4.3

GSU-EFC | Rajeev Dhawan 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 4.0 4.2 4.1 4.3

Moody'sEconomy | Mark Zandi 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 3.5 3.7 4.0 4.2

Mortgage | Jay Brinkmann 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 3.7 3.7 3.9 4.1

NAM | Chad Moutray 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 3.5 3.7 4.0 4.2

Northern Tr | Paul Kasriel 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7

Perryman Gp | Ray Perryman 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 4.0 4.2 4.4 4.6

Royal Bank of Canada | Craig Wright 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 NA NA NA NA

S & P | Beth Ann Bovino 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 3.7 3.8 4.1 4.3

UBS | Maury Harris 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 NA NA NA NA

US Bank | Keith Hembre 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.6

US Chamber | Martin Regalia 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 NA NA NA NA

Wells Fargo | John Silvia 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.7
Consensus 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 3.7 3.8 4.0 4.1

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13/1 13/2 13/3 13/4 13/1 13/2 13/3 13/4

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7.8 7.7 7.6 7.4 1551.3 1569.6 1587.4 1608.8
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• Q uarterly, read jargon-free articles
7.7 7.7 7.5 7.5 1496.0 1511.3 1528.3 1548.0
on how to obtain, recognize, and
7.8 7.8 7.7 7.6 1502.0 1526.0 1556.0 1588.0 use good forecasts
• Consensus Forecasts of 13 key
8.2 8.0 7.9 7.8 1489.4 1505.4 1529.0 1559.6
business and economic indicators
7.9 7.9 7.9 7.7 1481.7 1496.6 1521.2 1552.4 plus a consensus
• I nternational Economic Outlook
8.1 8.0 7.9 7.8 1484.2 1493.9 1508.6 1521.5
gives one-year ahead forecasts of
7.9 7.9 7.9 7.9 1482.0 1492.0 1510.0 1535.0 real GNP/GDP growth rate of 70
countries
7.7 7.6 7.5 7.3 1505.8 1523.0 1540.4 1558.1
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INDUSTRIAL CAPACITY UTILIZATION MONEY SUPPLY M2, BIL. OF $ PRIVATE HOUSING START TOTAL
(SAAR) Bil. of $, Level (SAAR) Mil. of Units (SAAR)

13/1 13/2 13/3 13/4 13/1 13/2 13/3 13/4 13/1 13/2 13/3 13/4
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2

NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.1

NA NA NA NA 9557.2 9387.3 9278.5 9219.0 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0

77.4 77.7 77.8 78.0 NA 10400.3 10482.4 NA 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.1

77.1 77.6 78.3 78.4 10221.4 10297.5 10397.0 10475.2 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8

77.5 77.4 77.5 77.6 10348.0 10459.2 10576.1 10691.7 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3

78.1 78.3 78.7 79.0 N/A N/A N/A N/A 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9

77.5 77.3 77.3 77.4 10350.0 10460.0 10570.0 10680.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0

78.4 77.9 77.4 77.2 N/A N/A N/A N/A 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8

79.9 80.3 80.8 81.2 NA 10382.4 10540.7 NA 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3

78.2 78.2 78.4 78.8 NA NA NA NA 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0

77.7 78.1 78.3 78.4 10350.0 10436.0 10526.0 10614.0 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2

79.1 79.8 80.7 81.7 NA NA NA NA 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0

78.3 78.5 78.7 79.1 10250.0 10350.0 10500.0 10700.0 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0

NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9

NA NA NA NA 10250.0 10325.0 10400.0 10500.0 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.1

78.1 78.3 78.5 78.8 10189.5 10277.5 10363.4 10411.4 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0

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