Family finance predicts what will happen to most children.
A report on November 24th by Sir James Crosby, asked in April to study mortgage finance, predicted that next year banks could take more in from mortgage repayments than they give out in loans.So far Mr Darling and Mr King have relied on jawboning to try to persuade banks to use the billions they have received in state aid to back more lending.
Jindal sounded a pessimistic note on the future of America's finances, predicting that the fiscal cliff would be followed by "the fiscal mountain, after that the fiscal black hole, and after that fiscal Armageddon".
Government officials who track AIDS financing predicted Congress would double the $200 million the administration had requested for next year.
The prime minister argues that a "black hole" in the public finances – predicted by the Institute for Fiscal Studies by 2020 in the event of Brexit – would threaten the very services that people cherish and rely on most.
Too good to miss In Cornwall, the closure of Woolworths, a major local employer, could cut hard into family finances, predicts Matt Brooks, educational visits co-ordinator at Treviglas community college.
The ministry of finance is predicting a general government budget deficit of Dkr22.5bn (or 1.3% of GDP) for 2009, rising to Dkr60bn (3.3% of GDP) next year.
Grantham – who occupies a legendary place in the world of finance for predicting all the major stock market bubbles of recent decades (and doing very well in the process) – had decided, after 15 years of low-key environmental philanthropy, to, as he puts it, "walk the walk".
Mr Monti's deputy finance minister, Vittorio Grilli (Mr Monti is his own finance minister), predicts a fall in GDP of up to 0.5% next year, with the outlook flat for 2013.There were two main criticisms of the budget.
Ms. Lagarde, the French finance minister, predicted that negotiations might indeed succeed.
