The phrase "assumes current" is not correct and lacks clarity in written English.
It may be intended to convey a meaning related to taking something as a given in the present context, but it is incomplete without additional context.
Example: "The analysis assumes current market conditions will remain stable throughout the year."
Alternatives: "takes into account the present" or "presumes the current situation".
Dr. Pinker's model, as he noted, assumes current environmental, technological, and social conditions.
Mr. Borisy describes it as a "dumb, brute-force, empirical approach" that assumes current knowledge of disease is too limited to predict in advance what combinations might work.
Consistent with its aggressive development and deployment schedule, the "first IRIS" core design assumes current, licensed fuel technology, i.e., UO2 fuel with less than 5% 235U enrichment.
The extended-baseline scenario assumes current laws (like the expiration of the Bush tax cuts and the implementation of Obamacare) will not be changed in the future, while the alternative fiscal scenario assumes that "widely expected" changes to current law (ie, revenue as a % of GDP remains the same and entitlement spending is not meaningfully cut) come to pass.
The CBO forecast assumes current law.
That assumes current laws about taxes and spending remain steady.
The current living wage – £7.85 outside London – is calculated assuming current levels of tax credits.
Bank One expects the transaction to add $100 million a year to its earnings after taxes, assuming current economic conditions.
Assuming current trends continue, marijuana will be legal, as Maher says, during the lifetime of our youngest citizens.
"Assuming current levels of response, evidence suggests that famine across all regions of the south will occur in the coming one to two months.
Taking the above scenario and assuming current balance sheet value for pension deficit...would increase valuation to around £17.5 a share.
