The public sector made a net repayment of # 7.75 billion, up from # 5.2 billion a year ago and more than the # 6.3 billion
average forecast in a Reuters poll.
Second - quarter core profit (EBITDA) was up 11.8 percent excluding currency shifts and on a like - for - like basis, at $ 5.35 billion, compared with
the average forecast in a Reuters poll of $ 5.40 billion.
Not exact matches
The Franco - Dutch airline reported on Friday an operating result of 1.488 billion euros ($ 1.87 billion), up 42 percent but slightly missing the
average analyst
forecast for 1.53 billion euros
in a company compiled consensus.
The firm predicts the smartphone maker will
forecast revenue
in the range of $ 47 billion to $ 49 billion for its June quarter versus the analyst
average of $ 51.9 billion when it reports financial results Tuesday.
Twitter said
in a filing it had 320 million
average monthly active users
in the quarter, unchanged from the third quarter and lagging a
forecast for 323 million users from RBC Capital Markets.
We'll predict that
in 10 years, FAANG Inc will sell at a PE of 25, down from 30 but still substantial, and still
forecasting well above
average profit performance.
The International Confederation of Private Employment Services, the industry's global lobbying arm, says Canada is home to 2,400 temp agency offices hiring out 450,000 annually; TD Economics
forecasts temporary employment
in Canada will remain above long - term
averages until at least 2018.
Operating profit fell 8 percent to 12.4 billion Danish crowns ($ 2.00 billion)
in the January to March quarter compared with a year ago, hit by the depreciation of the U.S. dollar, but beat an
average 11.8 billion crown
forecast in a Reuters poll of analysts.
Our
forecast implies that the
average mobile
in - store payment user made $ 226
in in - store retail payments with their phone
in 2014.
Deshpande
forecast Brent prices will stay around $ 39 per barrel
in the first quarter, but with prices rising to $ 56 by the end of the year, to
average around $ 47.80 for 2016.
Net profit rose 17 percent to 542 million euros ($ 650 million), ahead analysts
average forecast of 510 million euros as higher prices helped offset currency headwinds and an increase
in marketing spending.
The aim of the weigh -
ins, which might be more familiar to travelers who have flown on small planes, is to update nearly decade - old data on
average passenger weights as it expands its route network and needs to accurately
forecast payloads and how much fuel it requires.
If you put those two story - lines together, a mine which costs $ 20,000 per barrel per day to build and $ 10 per barrel to operate would pay an
average of $ 42.50 per barrel
in royalties and taxes (again, today's dollars) over the life of the project if the U.S. Energy Information Administration price
forecast proves accurate.
On Monday, the messaging service said revenue more than doubled to $ 361 million
in the third quarter, beating an
average forecast for $ 351.4 million.
Global banking giant J.P. Morgan has
forecast an
average price of $ 70 a barrel
in 2018 on the back of global economic growth boosting the demand for energy.
Sentix's index for the euro zone dropped to 24.0
in March from 31.9
in February, far short of the
average forecast of 31.0
in a Reuters poll.
Combined wind power output
in Denmark and Sweden was
forecast to firm by an hourly
average of 810 MW to 3,140 MW on Tuesday, a bearish factor.
That's already visible
in U.S. government
forecasts, which say U.S. crude oil production will rise from an
average of 9.2 million barrels a day this year to 9.9 million barrels a day
in 2018, a new all - time high beating a record set
in 1970.
The company's highest shipping volumes since late 2008 helped push adjusted net income to $ 46 million for the fourth quarter of 2017, reversing a net loss of $ 47 million
in the same period a year earlier and higher than the $ 31 million
forecast average from Thomson Reuters analysts.
THE 1998 - 99 recovery of mineral and energy prices is
forecast to continue, with
average prices likely to rise more than 5 per cent
in 2000 - 01, according to the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
Margins, as discussed, are the critical consideration: Against the highly optimistic (
in our view) consensus
forecast for 2014 U.S. Net Income and EBIT Margins to reach unprecedented levels of 10.8 % and 15.7 % respectively... we conservatively assume 2014 S&P Net Income Margin will no more than maintain the 2012 - 2013 two year
average (i.e., 9.3 %).
After accounting for the impacts of measures and adjustments, the Sales Tax revenue base is projected to grow at an
average annual rate of 4.3 per cent over the
forecast period, roughly consistent with the
average annual growth
in nominal consumption of 4.0 per cent over this period.
We're
forecasting a 77 % increase
in the
average number of members per space over the next 4 years.
Because of the drama
in Saudi Arabia and further extended production cuts planned by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Morgan Stanley just raised its
forecast for the price of oil, estimating WTI to
average $ 58 a barrel
in the second quarter of 2018.
In production, the EIA
forecasts an
average daily of 9.3 million bpd for this year, and 9.8 million bpd for 2018.
«Twenty - four financial publications engaged
in forecasting the stock market during the 4 1/2 years from January 1, 1928, to June 1, 1932, failed as a group by 4 per cent per annum to achieve a result as good as the
average of all purely random performances.
Table 3 shows the changes
in the
average private sector economic
forecasts for nominal GDP (the most applicable tax base for budgetary revenues), and for short - and long - term interest rates, from the first estimate of the deficit to the final outcome.
The
forecasted 5 % to 10 % decline
in average U.S. commercial real - estate prices would be the first of such magnitude for the $ 6.2 trillion market, absent a recession,
in history.
McDonald's U.S. same - store sales jumped 4.1 percent
in the third quarter, surpassing analysts»
average forecast of 3.4 percent, according to Consensus Metrix.
As a result, compared to the March 2012 Budget planning assumption, the level of nominal GDP is $ 9 billion lower
in 2012 — this consists of a «risk adjustment factor» of $ 7 billion and the difference between the change
in the private sector
average forecast of $ 22 billion less the March 2012 Budget «risk adjustment factor» of $ 20 billion.
This seems to be the growth track the U.S. economy is on, with
forecast growth
averaging around 2 per cent and the unemployment rate remaining stubbornly high,
in the 9 to 10 per cent range.
Thereafter, with no change
in the «risk adjustment factor», the change
in nominal GDP for fiscal planning purpose mirrors the absolute change
in the private sector
average forecast.
The Update incorporates the October
average private sector economic
forecasts and an increased «adjustment for risk» for 2011 - 12 to 2013 - 14, as well as an increase
in employment insurance rates of only 5 cents (employee rate) for 2012, rather than the 10 cents set
in legislation As a result, the balanced budget target is delayed from 2014 - 15 to 2016 - 17, prior to the inclusion of the Targeted Strategic and Operating Review Savings (now called «Deficit Reduction Action Plan Saving Target»).
In addition, PBO's
forecast for nominal gross domestic product (GDP)-- the broadest measure of the federal tax base - is considerably lower than the
average of the private sector economists»
forecasts released by the Minister of Finance on October 29, 2012.
As part of the changes to the budgetary process
in 1994, four private sector
forecasting organizations [2] develop detailed fiscal projections on a National Accounts basis, based on the
average of the private sector economic
forecasts and the tax and spending policies
in place at the time of the last budget for the next five years.
New data coming from eMarketer's latest worldwide retail
forecast shows that this year, China will manage to surpass the US and become the world's largest retail market, with sales of over $ 4.886 trillion, compared to the
average sum of $ 4.823 trillion
in the US.
There is no discussion
in the budget on the range of the private sector views, so it is impossible to assess the risks inherent
in this «
average»
forecast.
The Government has continued the practice, first adopted by the Liberals
in 1996, of using the
average of the private sector economic
forecasts for budget and fall update planning purposes.
However, given the uncertainties caused by the financial crisis, the Harper Government introduced the «risk adjustment factor»
in its October 2010 Update of Economic and Fiscal Projections, whereby the
average of the private sector economic
forecasts for nominal GDP was adjusted downwards for fiscal planning purposes.
As a result, the
average of the private sector economists»
forecast for nominal GDP has been adjusted downwards by $ 20 billion per year, identical to what was done
in the November 2012 Update.
We have strongly recommended
in the past that the Government use the Department of Finance's economic
forecast rather than the
average of the private sector economic
forecasts (see «Time to Make the Budget Planning Process More Accountable, Transparent and Prudent» November 2010: www.3dpolicy.ca).
The weighted harmonic
average of current share price divided by the
forecasted one year earnings per share for each security
in the fund.
As the article chart below shows, McKinsey is
forecasting that the
average annual equity returns over the next 20 years will be between 1.5 and 4.0 percentage points lower than they were
in the past 30 years.
First, an analysis of publicly - traded Vertical SaaS vs. Horizontal SaaS companies yielded some interesting results (since we primarily invest
in emerging growth - oriented companies, we only included SaaS businesses with less than $ 250M
in revenue and 15 % + CAGR)... Despite similar growth profiles (30 - 40 %
forecasted revenue growth), our selected public Vertical SaaS businesses field EBITDA margins that are on
average 20 % -25 % higher than our selected Horizontal SaaS businesses.
Our unemployment rate remains below the national
average, and our real GDP is
forecast to grow by a solid 3.0 per cent
in 2015 and 3.1 per cent
in 2016.
We have argued
in the past [1] that the Minister of Finance should use the Department of Finance's economic
forecast instead of the
average private sector
forecast.
The
average of the private sector
forecasts forms the basis for the economic assumptions used for fiscal planning purposes
in the budget and fall update.
Again, shifts
in the Market Climate are not
forecasts about future returns, except
in the broadest terms of
average return to market risk.
In their report, the PBO compares their
forecast for nominal GDP to the private sector
average.
The annual
average growth
in TD's
forecast of program expenses is 1.1 per cent through 2015 - 16.