Our most recent forecast -- a cautiously optimistic one -- is based on the expectation that the key Crisis economies should bottom out in early to mid-1999 and begin to recover slowly thereafter.
Even the consensus sell-side long-term EPS growth forecast, normally seen as a casually-generated and typically optimistic ornament to the overall suite of analyst estimates, calls for EPS to decline at a 5.2% annual rate.
Following a day that saw negative US Durable Goods Order data and a less-than-optimistic Fed Beige Book report, the combination of euro strength, dollar weakness was no surprise.
But showing me round the camp was a resolutely optimistic 25-year-old called Osman Abdi Bare, who arrived here with his mother in 1991 and has lived here ever since.
The BOA has previously come under fire for setting what its critics consider an overly-optimistic a target of fourth place in the overall medal table at the London Olympics.
The average of professional forecasters is a little less optimistic, by about one-half of a percentage point this year, and three-quarters of a point for 2014.
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And what -- again, my confidence -- we remain optimistic -- we remain confident that a deal can be reached, that a significant deficit reduction can be reached and that there is time to do that.
Interestingly, the researchers note that their findings suggest that appearing to others to be optimistic if you're not would yield some--though not all--of the job-hunting benefits of a naturally optimistic disposition.
There is a more optimistic view on offer - that Bonn will decide little, but will at least keep the Kyoto Protocol alive until the next scheduled round of negotiations in Morocco in October.
The editors appeared optimistic that newspapers had a future in print, at least short-term - reassuringly optimistic for an old print romantic like myself.
But some others are a bit more optimistic on the prospects for a rebound coming soon and year-end rally.
Immediately, critics cried that the deficit would be a lot larger but for an over-optimistic economic forecast.
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Arianda grew up an only child in a stimulating, optimistic, and tight-knit family.
There is a lot of reason to be optimistic -- some of the data points I just ticked off for you.
But with Kallis and De Villiers adding 93 for the third wicket, the visitors must have been optimistic of forging a 2-0 lead in the series.
Though the only audience Kirshner says he's concerned with is inside the convention hall--he's quick to point out he's employed by the DNC, rather than a broadcast network--he's optimistic about this year's television ratings given all of the interest that the primary race garnered.
She has a four-year college degree and initially was optimistic that she would quickly find work.
"This is an intriguing and a unique event combining the unusual practice of venerating relics with a down-to-earth experience of an optimistic spirituality for all, " said Father Martin Coyle, the provincial leader of the Salesians in Great Britain, the religious order founded by the saint.
Their assumption that the C-5 modernization effort is a suitable counterbalance to the loss of C-17 production capability is far too optimistic, as the C-5 modernization will not be completed until after 2020.
King Abdullah of Jordan had an optimistic appraisal -- followed by a serious question.
U.S. officials said the opposite -- they were optimistic they could make a winning case against him in a Swiss court.
In September, the government cut its growth forecast for the year to 2% - a figure that was still seen as too optimistic by markets even before the latest data release.
Right about now is the time when Wall Street strategists and economists begin ratcheting down GDP estimates and tempering their optimistic year-beginning calls with a dash of bitters and a dollop of doubt.
If the 15 CPW sale is any indicator, this transaction will inspire some current sellers to hike their prices in overly-optimistic attempts to use the deal as a loose comparable moving forward.
Khalil al-Marzook, a senior Wefaq leader, was cautiously optimistic about the prince's comments on Friday but warned that "establishing the rule of law without civil and political rights is putting the horse before the cart".
Spark Networks' phone reps are trained to work with all types, from jittery single parents who are dating for the first time since a divorce to computer-challenged seniors, to keep them optimistic and shelling out money.
The loss of Lawes, who was England's player of the series in the autumn, is a huge blow, although Johnson is optimistic the 21-year-old's recovery from knee ligament damage might be quicker than the three months originally expected.
Companies couldn't raise the money they needed and started to shed jobs to the point that we're at 8.9 percent now national unemployment rate, and a number that most people think -- even the most optimistic of us think is going to go higher.
On the whole, that is the right approach in a market economy, but the uncertainties make it hopelessly over-optimistic for nanoparticulates.
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