Sentence examples for making the estimates from inspiring English sources

So the focus shouldn't be on the number of estimates," argues Neri Bukspan, chief accountant at Standard & Poor's, a ratings agency, "but rather the objectivity and independence of those making the estimates and those tasked with verifying them".

Companies often do have a lot of discretion in reporting earnings, and nowhere is that more true than in the insurance business, where such things as reserve estimates can vary widely even if one assumes complete good faith on the part of those making the estimates.

Letters are welcome via e-mail to [email protected] bankingSIR – Your briefing on the LIBOR scandal ("The rotten heart of finance", July 7th) concluded that inter-bank lending rates should be based on actual lending data and a system should be put in place that explicitly promotes truthfulness by those making the estimates.

It is not clear who is making the estimates or how AOL derived its damages.

As expected, the performance degrades as shorter frames are considered because there is less information available, making the estimates less reliable.

Two changes are worth noting though: the unemployment estimates for the cDiD shifted down a few points, making the estimates significant at all post-treatment years.

However, as described in Text S1, further analyses suggest that our estimate of the power is conservative making the estimate of δ an underestimate.

Recent estimates are that the private sector provides only 3% of the overall healthcare services in Serbia making the estimate presented here broadly applicable [ 31].

When we made the estimates, we knew, surely, that we could reach five-eighths of that.

"If they're not going to make the estimates, it tells you the best-managed and best-positioned companies are having trouble.

"The majority of consignors are estates or institutions, so we were not pressured to make the estimates high," said Joe-Hynn Yang of Christie's.