The colonial borders are being called into question, and what will become of Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and Jordan is difficult to forecast.

But that is my hope, not my forecast.

It is difficult to make a credible forecast.

The project delivery forecast for 2005 is 641.40 million.

Excuse me, do you know what is the weather forecast for tomorrow?

But that forecast assumes continued growth, whereas France is slipping into recession.

The number of unemployed people is forecast to be 65,000 in 2015.

The bullwhip effect is an observed phenomenon in forecast driven distribution channels.

The revised forecast now is 779 million as at 31 December 2005.

Table 3 Income Expenditure Forecast 2005

Yet it is almost certainly the sort of forecast of which they should beware.

The forecast figures refer to 2003 dollars.

As Charles de Gaulle forecast, It is not any European statesman who will unite Europe.

What is hardest to forecast, though, are turning points when the old relationships break down.

Nowadays, the need to forecast emergency situations and for disaster preparedness is becoming increasingly evident.

Such successive downward forecast revisions have become commonplace.

While the projection for North America as a whole is 60 , the forecast for Sub Saharan Africa is 16 .

But the forecast proved to be far too optimistic.

Regulators proved unable to forecast and prevent the crisis.

The OECD s latest forecast for eurozone GDP in 2012 is 2.3 lower than its projection in 2010.

The clearest sign that the boom is ending is the IMF s forecast of 1.5 growth for the US in 2008.

Forecast based on reports up to and including August 2003.

Population change happens slowly, but its effects can be forecast early.

For independent observers, the ministry s grim forecast comes as no surprise.

However, meteograms can be constructed using observed data or forecast data.

Seen against this background, the November release of the ministry s grim forecast for growth is both surprising and welcome.

Meanwhile, the supply of most commodities is forecast to grow by no more than 2 annually in real terms.

So, either the initial 2.5 forecast was too high or the increase of one percentage point is too large.

Life expectancy at birth is forecast to increase from 80 years to 85 years in 2050 and infant mortality is expected to decline.

The ministry s forecast answers the perennial who is to blame question very clearly the slowdown reflects Russia s own internal problems.

There are two possible reasons for the discrepancy between forecast and outcome.

But Iran has been forecast to develop the bomb for 20 years.

PARIS In early November, the Russian government released its latest macroeconomic forecast.

Annex III, table 5 also shows the forecast of these contributions separately.

However, while the capacity forecast is more likely to be below the mark than above it, the reverse is true for the demand forecasts.

It is good that the Court s decisions cannot be forecast, and even better that the Court cannot be lobbied or petitioned.

To forecast 2013 is to predict how divided government in the US and a divided Europe respond to their respective crises.

But enlargement fatigue among the member states continues to muddy this optimistic forecast.

The Ifo Institute has forecast that GDP will contract by 2.2 in 2009.

Government reserves were forecast to stand at 35 million as at March 2005.

The palu also had an uncanny ability to forecast weather conditions days in advance.

A typical reaction was to raise the forecast for 2011 from 2.5 to 3.5 .

This ratio also compares unfavourably with the financial plan forecast of 45 per cent.

A week after the ministry s forecast was released, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Russia s largest foreign direct investor followed suit, cutting its growth forecast for Russia to 1.3 in 2013 and 2.5 in 2014.

Ireland is doing better, although its growth forecast has also been revised downward, to just under 0.5 in 2012 and 1.4 next year.