The phrase "a conservative forecast" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing predictions or estimates that are cautious and not overly optimistic.
Example: "Based on current market trends, we are providing a conservative forecast for next quarter's sales."
Alternatives: "a cautious estimate" or "a modest prediction."
In keeping with its usual practice, Apple issued a conservative forecast for the fourth quarter.
Furthermore, the Halifax data suggest that there is a growing likelihood that this could prove to be a conservative forecast.
It also reaffirmed what Mr. Gallois called a "conservative" forecast for full-year operating profit of 1.8 billion euros, after 1.2 billion euros in the first half of the year.
Apple issued a conservative forecast for the fourth quarter, predicting revenue of about $5.7 billion and earnings per share of about 65 cents, as well as a drop in profit margins.
Suffolk's proposed budget includes a conservative forecast for sales tax revenues, a 2.25percentt increase, which Mr. Levy said was critical to maintain the county's highest-ever bond rating.
Mr. Dellaverson said that revenue from taxes on mortgages and real estate transactions was $71.5 million so far this year, slightly less than half of what the authority had predicted it would receive when it made what it thought was a conservative forecast late last year.
If the basic premium rises 10percentt a year — a relatively conservative forecast — the most affluent beneficiaries will be paying premiums of more than $375 a month in 2009.
Morgan Stanley cut its rating of DirecTV Group to "equal-weight" from "overweight" on Thursday but boosted the stock's price target to $22 from $19. "Our downgrade is based on our belief that the stock has moved from pricing in an appropriately conservative forecast to a more aggressive one," wrote Morgan Stanley analyst Benjamin Swinburne in a research report.
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A more conservative forecast, based on one in five drivers paying for the technology, is that telematics will be at least a $30 billion U.S. business within 10 years.
5.2.1 Sales Forecast The following table and chart provides an extremely conservative forecast of GFX projected sales over the next three years.
