Sentence examples for forecasts set from inspiring English sources

Under Darling's forecasts, set out in the budget, it will take until 2013-14 to bring the government's current deficit – the difference between tax revenues and spending – down to 5.5% of national income.

They rise well before the sun to double-check weather forecasts, set hole locations, outline water and other hazards with red paint, explain and enforce the rules of the game on a playing field spread out over hundreds of acres of hills and 18 holes measuring nearly five miles through forests and glens.

West's returns reflect a slight dip from the first forecasts set for "Yeezus," which found industry insiders predicting a 500,000-copy debut.

Conceptus, a maker of a form of permanent birth control, said Friday that its quarterly results fell short of forecasts, setting off a 20 percent decline in its share price.

The Archer Daniels Midland Company, the nation's leading producer of ethanol, said yesterday that its quarterly profit rose 4percentt but fell short of forecasts, setting off a 5percentt decline in its share price.

The German software maker SAP estimated that software license sales rose by 8percentt in the second quarter, falling short of analysts' forecasts, setting off a 7percentt decline in its share price.

The Nvidia Corporation, whose computer graphics chips help run Microsoft's Xbox video game console, said yesterday that its second-quarter sales might top forecasts, setting off a 33percentt gain in its share price.

The RadioShack Corporation warned yesterday that poor margins on mobile phones, satellite television and computers would cause its first-quarter earnings to fall below those a year earlier and miss forecasts, setting off a 26percentt slide in the company's stock.

Six Flags, the owner of 38 amusement parks in North America and Europe, earned less than expected in the second quarter and said its 2002 profit would miss forecasts, setting off a 57percentt decline in its stock price.

The Estee Lauder Companies said yesterday that the falling euro would reduce sales in the current quarter below forecasts, setting off a 6percentt decline in the company's share price.

Investors knocked $12.4 billion off the value of the online auctioneer after the company revised its profit and revenue forecasts, setting up red flags over everything from its China strategy to its skill at managing currency fluctuations.