While it is possible that the problem could turn out to be less serious
than the consensus forecast, it is equally likely to turn out to be more serious.
And as it turns out, average hourly earning grew by 0.5 % month - on - month, which is faster
than the consensus for a 0.3 % rise.
Over the last ten years, a consensus has emerged among energy policy experts - one no less important
than the consensus among climate scientists that carbon emissions are warming the earth.
The final, key point is that the uncertainty extends just as far in the other direction, and it is possible that the warming will be much
worse than the consensus!
But participants reached a state of confusion,
rather than consensus, so the decision about the leap - second's fate has been deferred to 2015.
Don't aim to be
different than the consensus; aim to be right, because often the consensus is right, and there is no reason to invest in a given company.
This was slightly better
than the consensus estimate of around 2 percent, even as real GDP eased from 2.9 percent growth in the fourth quarter data.
However, a survey of German consumers, who have made a significant contribution to driving growth in Europe's largest economy, came in higher
than consensus expectations during February, as the country's tight labor market bolstered confidence.
In arguing that sea levels are rising much
more than the consensus view of thousands of scientists, he makes a lot of the fact that the 1993 - 2003 sea level estimates were 50 % higher than the IPCC's models expected, indicating that future sea level rises would also be higher.
The scientific consensus on climate science is probably a lot stronger
than the consensus on aspirin given the amount of research in the area (versus a few clinical trials).
Expedia — Expedia lost 46 cents per share for its latest quarter, a loss that was one cent a share
smaller than consensus estimates.
The current stock valuation implies that Interactive Intelligence will grow revenues at a significantly faster
pace than consensus expectations for over two decades.
«Kindle Fire unit economics are likely to be more
favorable than consensus expectations, based primarily on frequency of digital goods purchases.
As for specifics, Germany's GDP expanded by 0.8 % quarter - on - quarter in Q3, which is
stronger than the consensus that Q3 would match Q2's 0.6 % growth rate.
Moreover, a net 42 % of companies surveyed higher sales, which is much
bigger than the consensus that only 6 % of retail companies would report higher sales and is «the highest [reading] since September 2015» to boot.
The two US scientists are not the only ones to see heightened dangers of south polar melting or to suggest that warming is happening faster, or that Antarctica's glacial ice is running more swiftly into the sea
than the consensus predicts.
«Our view is that default cycle is likely to be
closer than consensus seems to believe, and its early stages may arrive as soon as next year, although at this point there is not enough evidence to make it a base case scenario, so we are keeping it as a risk to our outlook.»
Over the past five months, our broader G7 GPS indicator has consistently signaled a brighter economic
outlook than the consensus view of economists — just as global reflation has become a more dominant theme in the markets — suggesting more scope for upgrades.
Morgan Stanley's fixed income strategists believe that the yield curve will flatten as the two - year yield moves higher and the 10 - year yield retraces its recent gains; their base case calls for 10 - year Treasury yields to end the year much lower
than the consensus suggests.
The ADP and ISM reports suggest a
weaker than consensus report, although unemployment claims suggest stronger job growth.
The stock's rise follows Zendesk's solid first - quarter results, including revenue and adjusted earnings per share that both came in higher
than consensus analyst estimates for the two key metrics.
Our BlackRock Investment Institute (BII) forecast has long been more optimistic on
growth than consensus, but recently the consensus estimates have caught up with the BII, which strikes us as a good contrarian indicator.
Academically, at least, this question remains an open one: rather
than some consensus emerging, the range of «solutions» proposed (physicalism, holistic dualism, non-reductive physicalism, dual - aspect monism), is ever - growing.
But recent studies, using a newly developed methodology, have argued that the Sierra Nevada was actually a more dense
forest than the consensus view.
Everyone had their own transcendent experiences in a darkened auditorium this year; consider the list below more of a mixtape of favorite
moments than a consensus hierarchy (though just about everyone agreed on the awesomeness of the scene we've chosen as 2017's finest).
Few people if any know more
than the consensus about what's going to happen to the economy, interest rates and market aggregates.
Even over the past ten years or so, we've seen the best scientific predictions proved wrong — global warming is getting much worse, much faster,
than the consensus belief in 1999.