Cover Story: Where To Invest '96: The Framework: Business Outlook

TABLE: BW Economic Forecast Survey for 1996

This table shows the 1996 economic forecasts of 50 individual economists as

well as the overall consensus forecast. The categories forecasted include:

Change in real GDP (by quarter, and for the year), change in the CPI, 3-month

and 30-year Treasury yields, and the unemployment rate.

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