LONDON (MNI) – Below is a survey of analysts’ forecasts for the UK
CIPS September services data, due out on Tuesday, Oct 5, at 0828 GMT and
the August industrial production and manufacturing output data, due out
on Thursday, Oct 7 at 0830 GMT.

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! ! Aug ! Aug ! Aug ! Aug !
!Sep ! Ind. ! Ind ! Manuf. ! Manuf. !
!Services ! Prod. ! Prod. ! Output ! Output !
!PMI ! m/m ! y/y ! m/m ! y/y !
!Index ! % ch. ! % ch ! % ch ! % ch !
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Median forecast 51.0 0.3 4.2 0.2 5.8
High forecast 52.5 0.8 4.6 0.5 5.9
Low forecast 50.5 0.1 4.0 0.0 4.4
Previous period 51.3 0.3 1.9 0.3 4.9
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Number of responses 15 15 14 13 13
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4Cast 51.0 0.4 4.3 0.2 5.8
Action Economics 51.0 0.1 4.0 0.1 5.7
Barclays Capital 51.0 0.7 4.6 0.5 4.4
BNP Paribas 50.8 0.5 4.4 0.0 5.6
Capital Economics 50.5 0.3 4.2 0.2 5.8
Citi 51.0 0.4 4.3 0.3 5.9
Commerzbank 51.5 0.2 4.0 n/a n/a
Global Insight 51.3 0.2 4.1 0.2 5.8
Investec 52.5 0.3 4.2 0.2 5.8
JP Morgan 51.0 0.1 4.0 0.2 5.8
Lloyds TSB 50.5 0.3 4.2 0.2 5.8
Nomura 51.2 0.8 n/a n/a n/a
RBS 51.3 0.2 4.1 0.2 5.8
Societe Generale 50.8 0.4 4.3 0.3 5.9
UBS 51.0 0.2 4.1 0.3 5.9
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