The more an employer can safely assume for future earnings, of course, the less it has to set aside out of today's revenues to pay future benefits.
In conclusion then, we may assume, for future agenda, that pacts were mostly used to defend the status quo (and promote the already safe areas), rather than to fill an existing security gap or helping others to cope with security-related issues.
"All signatories should stick to it instead of walking away from it, as this is a responsibility we must assume for future generations".
In addition, American pension fund managers can no longer count on the 8 percent annual return typically assumed for the future.
That is, a causal relationship exists, not for a past event like in the case of liability, but it is assumed for a future one.
Because the human lifespan covers just a fraction of this centuries-long period, it is easy to forget that growth has neither been self-evident in the past, nor can it be assumed for the future.
An increase in absolute infection numbers can be assumed for the future.
This was Nelvana's final production with the Care Bears, before SD Entertainment of California assumed responsibility for future instalments in the franchise.
He's counting on the relentless improvement in telescope technology - a trend that can be safely assumed for decades into the future, unless you're a fan of imminent Armageddon.
Regions Financial, for example, disagreed with the future losses assumed for its commercial real estate portfolio, a prime factor in regulators' decision to order the bank, which is based in Alabama, to raise $2.5 billion in new capital.
