The phrase "advance figures" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to preliminary or early estimates of data, often in financial or statistical contexts.
Example: "The advance figures for the quarterly earnings report indicate a significant increase in revenue compared to last year."
Alternatives: "preliminary figures" or "initial estimates".
Advance figures had suggested that the economy grew at an annualised rate of only 2.7% in the third quarter.
The monthly merchandise trade deficit in December rose to a record $79.5 billion, worse than economists expected, according to advance figures released by the Commerce Department Wednesday.
On Friday, the government will offer investors a crucial indicator of economic activity when it releases its advance figures on gross domestic product for the second quarter of the year.
Further souring the mood was government data showing that gross domestic product, a crucial measure of economic growth, grew at a revised 5.6percentt annual rate in the first quarter -- below economists' forecasts for a growth rate of 6percentt and below advance figures that showed growth at a 5.8percentt clip.
Helped by buoyant personal spending, the economy grew 4.5% in the first quarter, much better than the expected 3.5%, according to advance figures released by the government this morning.
The advance figure for Q4 2011 was 2.8percentnt.
This article was amended on 27 February 2015 to change a picture and further amended on 1 July 2015 to clarify the publisher's advance figure for The Ice Museum.
And you always hope". This article was amended on 27 February 2015 to change a picture and further amended on 1 July 2015 to clarify the publisher's advance figure for The Ice Museum.
But bear in mind that Friday's number is the "advance" figure.
Behind the slim, almost fragile advancing figures is a long row of tall, sturdy trees.
Portraits without people, the selfie, the figure as composite, imagine figures, forgotten figures, figures from our lives, abstract figures, non-consensual portraits, and technologically advanced figures will be considered within a structure of exploratory painterly approaches.
