LONDON (MNI) – Below is a survey of analysts’ forecasts for the May
purchasing managers indices (PMIs) for construction and services, due
out at 0830 GMT on June 2 and 0828 GMT on June 3, respectively.
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! May ! May !
! PMI ! PMI !
! Construction ! Services !
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Median forecast 52.5 54.3
High forecast 53.7 55.5
Low forecast 52.0 52.8
Previous period 53.3 54.3
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Number of responses 4 16
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4Cast n/a 54.6
ABN Amro n/a n/a
Barclays Cap. 52.0 55.0
BNP Paribas n/a 52.8
BoA-ML n/a 54.0
Capital Economics n/a 54.0
Citi n/a 55.0
Commerzbank n/a 54.5
Deutsche n/a 54.5
ING 53.7 54.0
Investec n/a 53.8
Lloyds TSB n/a 54.8
National Australia Bank n/a 55.5
Nomura n/a 54.5
RBS 53.0 53.5
Societe Generale 52.0 53.9
UBS n/a 53.5
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