The phrase "assumes lower" is not correct and lacks clarity in written English.
It may be intended to convey a concept related to lower assumptions or lower values, but it needs additional context to be meaningful.
Example: "The model assumes lower values for the input variables, which may affect the overall outcome."
Alternatives: "takes lower assumptions" or "presumes lower values".
Lowering deficits also assumes lower interest rates on refinancing, which will help tackle longer-term debt.
"However, the Mayor of London's plan assumes lower growth in population and employment than our own projections".
Piper Jaffray's modeling now assumes lower average selling prices due to increased competition and higher retail/lower direct contributions and lower gross margins due to higher retail mix and aggressive discounting in the professional segment.
It was concluded that (i) the optimum temperature looks as a local maximum for the integrated system and as a global maximum for the sequential one, (ii) it strongly depends on the equilibrium constant of the reaction in question and (iii) it assumes lower (and economically feasible) values only in the case of the integrated unit.
The FSEIS wrongly assumes lower oil prices are unlikely.
As a consequence of selecting individual sub-threshold SSOs, the average NP amplitude of the SSO events assumes lower values.
"We reduce our 2009 forecast from £121.2m to £90m, assuming lower activity levels but some reduction in costs.
"One such independent witness was asked to quantify the full time equivalent job benefits of the mine, while assuming lower than the projected full production".
Our target price is lifted to 500p from 440p assuming lower capital expenditure and cash one-offs... W now assume capex and cash restructuring charges will be £70m lower each year and inflows from disposals will be £30m higher.
Private beliefs and practices of many people, however, remain racist, and some group of assumed lower status is often made a scapegoat.
Although the losses were comparable to the drop in the market, State Treasurer John E. McCormac has argued that the state can get better returns, and assume lower risks, if it hires professional investment managers to run the fund.
