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Discover LudwigThe phrase "advance estimate" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a preliminary calculation or projection made before the final figures are available.
Example: "The advance estimate of the project's cost suggests it will be higher than initially anticipated."
Alternatives: "preliminary estimate" or "initial estimate".
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This was the Commerce Department's "advance" estimate of G.D.P., which is notoriously unreliable.
That was an upward revision from the advance estimate, of 3.5%.
For example, the advance estimate for growth in the third quarter of 2012 was two per cent.
That won't come until October 30th, at the earliest, when the advance estimate of the third-quarter G.D.P. is released.
(For the previous quarter, the advance estimate was 2.5percentnthethe revised figure is now 1.8percentnt).
MONTHS of disappointing economic figures have now culminated in a disappointing advance estimate for second quarter output growth.
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So, beware advance estimates.
The figures are advance estimates, and subject to revisions.
The revisions to the advance estimates in recent quarters have been so large that the real figure could be as low as 1.8percentnt or as high as 3.8percentnt.
The final figure will not be released until May, and in the past few years the budget has generally turned out to be stronger than advance estimates suggested.
It's "likely to be the largest funeral service in history"; then, one sentence later, it's the "largest in entertainment history," according to a family lawyer, depending on advance estimates and possibly on television viewing.
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