When, not unreasonably, it asked for a formal statement of government policy so it could make its projections, it was referred to two short paragraphs from a speech made by the prime minister in September.
While far from perfect in its projections, it is generally held in high regard by politicians and scholars alike.
In calculating its new budget projections, it made several policy decisions and assumptions that had the effect of increasing the surplus and decreasing the risk of dipping into Social Security money, especially this year and next year.
Despite Townview's renown, in the Dallas school district's most recent budget projections, it stands to lose 27 percent of its full-time teachers.
The government will still meet the limit set at Kyoto, thanks to the move from coal to gas-fired power stations in the 1990s, but on current projections it will fall well short of its self-imposed commitment.
Based on early projections, it looks like the marketplace is on its way to meeting that goal.
According to Conseco's own projections, it will produce only about $800 million in cash from its operations next year -- yet it has $1.4 billion in debt and interest payments and dividends coming due.
Continued weakness in the telecommunications market is not helping the comeback efforts of Lucent Technologies, which warned Wall Street that its revenue in the current quarter would fall short of projections it made as recently as three weeks ago.
In 2050, according to UN projections, it is going to pass two-thirds.
On all projections it is the Liberal Democrats who look set to take the biggest pounding.
Judging by budget projections, it seems like the future may hold more of the same.
