Sentence examples for dim forecast from inspiring English sources
And the Federal Reserve vowed to keep short-term interest rates near zero until at least the middle of 2013, underscoring a dim forecast for economic recovery.
The U.K.s second-largest drugmaker announced the cuts Thursday as it offered a dim forecast amid uncertainty in U.S. health care reform.
Hints of a slowdown in the housing market and a batch of dim forecasts from technology companies turned Wall Street traders cautious on Wednesday, with the major indexes retreating slightly from 13-month highs.
A dearth of snow, and dim forecasts showing not a flake in the near future and temperatures too warm to manufacture it with machines, have forced Olympic organizers to go to the much-dreaded contingency plan at Cypress Mountain, where six skiing and snowboarding events are scheduled to be held.
A dim technology forecast from Cisco Systems sent stocks tumbling yesterday, as investors who had been upbeat after four weeks of gains got a sobering reminder of the economy's uncertain outlook.
The outlook for things getting better quickly is dim, despite forecasts of rain this week.
The Russian economy is in turmoil - Western sanctions over Ukraine, the fall in oil and gas prices and a tumbling currency have all contributed to dim financial forecasts.
While Ms. Whitman has rebuilt H.P.'s balance sheet somewhat from the lows of previous quarters, she forecast dim near-term prospects for personal computers and printers, which were once H.P.'s most important cash-generating businesses.
[ image: /photos/590954ea019dfc3494e9ea73] To know: In his final policy speech as U.S. Defense Secretary, Robert Gates forecasted a "dim, if not dismal" future for NATO, expressing frustration over how it has handled recent military operations in Afghanistan and Libya.
But the rosy forecasts dimmed as disclosures by The Washington Post and Regardie's magazine prompted investigations that led to his resignation and conviction.
First, only two weeks ago the board's Federal Open Market Committee, which sets benchmarks on interest rates, severely dimmed its economic forecasts and took the unusual step of pledging to keep short-term interest rates near zero through at least mid-2013.
