BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : DECEMBER 27, 1999 ISSUE
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Business Week Economic Forecast Survey for 2000
  PERCENT CHANGE IN REAL GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT 2000 REAL
GDP
CONSUMER
PRICES
TREASURY YIELDS
3-MO.30-YR.
JOBLESS
RATE
 
 
 I II III IV   PERCENT CHANGE
IV Q 1999 TO IV Q 2000
2000
IVQ
2000
IVQ
2000
IVQ

WAYNE ANGELL  Bear Stearns 3.0% 4.0% 4.0% 4.0%   4.0% 1.5% 5.30% 6.20% 3.9%

ROSANNE M. CAHN  Credit Suisse First Boston 3.0   4.2   4.0   3.8     3.8   2.1   6.10   6.75   3.7  

DAVID L. LITTMANN  Comerica 4.0   4.0   3.5   3.5     3.8   2.7   5.30   6.45   4.0  

CONSTANTINE G. SORAS  Andrew, Alexander, Wise 4.1   2.9   4.0   3.7     3.7   2.2   5.38   6.55   3.8  

ANTHONY CHAN  Banc One Investment Advisors 2.1   3.7   3.3   4.0     3.6   2.6   5.70   6.70   4.1  

GAIL FOSLER  The Conference Board 3.9   1.2   5.2   4.1     3.6   2.5   5.50   6.50   3.8  

STEPHEN D. SLIFER  Lehman Brothers 2.3   4.0   3.6   3.6     3.6   1.8   5.75   6.35   4.0  

RICHARD YAMARONE  Argus Research 2.6   4.6   4.1   3.2     3.6   2.5   5.05   6.25   4.2  

RICHARD BERNER/DAVID GREENLAW  Morgan Stanley Dean Witter 3.6   3.2   3.7   3.4     3.5   2.8   6.00   6.70   4.0  

KATHLEEN M. CAMILLI  Tucker Anthony, Freedom Securities 4.0   3.5   3.0   3.5     3.5   2.5   5.80   5.00   3.6  

STEPHEN GALLAGHER  Société Générale 3.7   3.5   3.3   3.2     3.4   2.4   6.00   5.90   3.9  

MORRIS COHEN  Morris Cohen & Associates 2.4   3.2   3.6   3.6     3.3   2.6   5.30   6.40   4.3  

SUSAN HICKOK  Prudential Insurance Co. of America 2.8   3.2   3.5   3.5     3.3   2.8   5.10   6.00   4.5  

DANIEL E. LAUFENBERG  American Express Financial Advisors 4.0   3.7   3.2   2.3     3.3   3.0   5.70   6.60   4.2  

MICHAEL R. PASLAWSKYJ  The CIT Group 2.0   3.5   3.8   3.8     3.3   2.0   4.90   5.70   4.2  

ALLEN SINAI  Primark Decision Economics 3.2   3.0   3.2   3.7     3.3   2.6   5.61   6.57   4.2  

ROBERT H. CHANDROSS  Republic National Bank of New York 3.3   3.8   3.1   2.6     3.2   2.7   5.70   6.25   4.1  

JIM COONS  Huntington National Bank 2.3   3.7   2.9   3.7     3.2   3.0   5.50   6.50   4.2  

JAMES COOPER & KATHLEEN MADIGAN  Business Week 3.5   4.0   3.0   2.5     3.2   2.8   5.80   6.75   3.9  

ROBERT DICLEMENTE  Salomon Smith Barney/Citibank 2.9   3.5   3.1   3.2     3.2   2.3   5.65   5.90   4.3  

WILLIAM C. DUDLEY  Goldman Sachs 2.3   4.0   3.5   3.1     3.2   2.6   6.00   6.70   3.8  

JOSEPH LIRO  Stone & McCarthy Research 2.2   3.2   4.0   3.2     3.2   2.6   5.80   6.50   3.9  

IAN SHEPHERDSON  High Frequency Economics 1.5   5.0   3.2   3.5     3.2   2.0   5.00   5.50   4.5  

DAVID M. BLITZER  Standard & Poor's 2.1   3.6   3.4   3.4     3.1   1.9   5.40   6.30   4.0  

KEVIN LOGAN  Dresdner Kleinwort Benson 2.3   3.3   3.2   3.7     3.1   2.1   5.12   5.82   4.3  

LYNN REASER  Bank of American Private Bank 3.0   3.3   3.2   3.0     3.1   2.3   5.25   5.95   4.1  

SUZANNE RIZZO  Maria Fiorini Ramirez 4.5   3.8   1.5   2.8     3.1   2.3   5.00   6.50   4.4  

BILL CHENEY  John Hancock Financial Services 3.0   3.2   2.7   2.9     3.0   2.4   5.25   6.30   4.4  

TIM O'NEILL  Harris Bank/Bank of Montreal 3.0   3.5   3.1   2.4     3.0   3.0   5.50   6.85   3.9  

KENNETH T. MAYLAND  KeyCorp. 2.2   3.3   2.9   3.1     2.9   2.6   6.36   6.65   4.0  

JOEL L. NAROFF  Naroff Economic Advisors 1.6   4.0   2.7   3.2     2.9   2.4   5.70   5.70   4.1  

DAVID ORR  First Union 2.3   2.7   3.3.  3.5     2.9   2.4   5.75   6.50   4.2  

J. PRAKKEN/C VARVARES  Macroeconomic Advisers 2.9   3.2   2.7   2.9     2.9   2.4   5.25   6.30   4.5  

DAVID H. RESLER  Nomura Securities Intl. 2.3   3.1   2.8   3.4     2.9   1.5   5.00   5.85   4.3  

THOMAS W. SYNNOTT  U.S. Trust Co. of N.Y. 3.0   2.5   2.7   3.1     2.9   2.5   5.00   6.30   4.0  

MICHAEL P. CAREY  Credit Lyonnais 3.0   2.9   2.7   2.8     2.9   2.6   5.75   6.15   4.4  

ROBERT McGEE  Tokai Bank 2.1   3.5   3.0   2.5     2.8   3.1   6.25   5.50   3.9  

MARK ZANDI  RFA Dismal Sciences 2.0   4.1   2.7   2.3     2.8   2.2   5.60   6.20   4.4  

WILLIAM A. BROWN  J. P. Morgan 3.0   3.5   2.5   2.0     2.8   2.3   5.50   6.75   4.0  

MICHAEL R. ENGLUND  Standard & Poor's MMS 1.5   3.0   2.7   3.5     2.7   2.2   5.40   5.50   4.0  

KURT E. KARL  WEFA 1.0   3.7   3.2   3.0     2.7   2.5   5.30   6.40   4.4  

SUNG WON SOHN  Wells Fargo 2.5   2.5   3.0   2.5     2.7   2.7   5.75   6.40   4.4  

WYNN VAN BUSSMANN  DaimlerChrysler 1.9   3.1   2.9   2.7     2.7   2.6   5.00   6.00   4.5  

MAUREEN F. ALLYN  Scudder Kemper Investments 3.2   1.7   3.4   2.2     2.6   2.2   5.90   6.30   4.4  

RICHARD DEKASER  National City 1.7   2.3   3.1   3.2     2.6   2.6   5.40   5.80   4.3  

ROBERT H. SHROUDS  Dupont 2.2   2.6   2.8   2.2     2.5   2.1   5.30   6.20   4.3  

HENRY WILLMORE  Barclays Capital 2.0   3.0   3.5   1.0     2.4   2.6   5.40   6.00   4.3  

STUART G. HOFFMAN  PNC Bank 0.8   2.0   3.2   3.2     2.3   2.2   5.00   5.90   4.4  

MICHAEL P. NIEMIRA  Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi 1.7   2.6   2.5   2.4     2.3   2.8   5.60   6.90   4.5  

NICHOLAS S. PERNA  Perna Associates 1.7   2.5   2.3   2.4     2.2   2.9   5.25   6.03   4.3  

CONSENSUS 2.6% 3.3% 3.2% 3.1%   3.1% 2.4% 5.49% 6.23% 4.2%



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