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Discover LudwigThe phrase "average forecast of the" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing predictions or estimates that represent a typical or mean value within a specific context, such as weather, finance, or project outcomes.
Example: "The average forecast of the economic growth for the next quarter suggests a modest increase."
Alternatives: "mean prediction of the" or "typical estimate of the".
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So you can't be reassured by the fact that the average forecast of the 50 economists Moore tracks is a slow but positive 1.8% real growth in 2001.
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But even that claim looks suspect: if America's GDP growth this year slows to the average forecast of 1.5%, then the decline in growth from 5% last year would be very abrupt indeed.
Sales totaled 20.87 billion kronor, compared with an average forecast of 20.97 billion; the gross margin dipped 0.4 percentage points from a year ago, to 60.8percentt.
Profit will be substantially below the 58 cents a share that was the average forecast of analysts surveyed by First Call/Thomson Financial, the company said; it earned $175 million, or $1 a share, in the period a year earlier.
One outfit that tries to filter out the signals from all this estimate noise is StarMine, which looks at the spread between consensus earnings forecasts and the average forecast of just those analysts with the best records, (see box).
The average forecast of Fed policy makers anticipates that the jobless rate, now 9.8percentt, will peak above 10percentt next year and remain well above 9percentt until some time in 2011.
Profit topped the analysts' average forecast of $1.01, according to Thomson Reuters, and the company raised its forecast for its full-year income.
The results outpaced the average forecast of analysts of 66 cents a share, according to Reuters Estimates.
It expects earnings of 57 to 63 cents a share in the third quarter, below the average forecast of 74 cents.
NCR is expected to post a profit of 20 cents a share in the third quarter, according to the average forecast of five analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial.
Visteon had been expected to earn 49 cents a share in the third quarter, according to the average forecast of 10 analysts surveyed by First Call/Thomson Financial.
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