Initial estimates put recovery time for the battered province at three to five years.
Flight observations suggested that the oil spill was five times bigger than initial estimates.
Moreover, he has observed that initial estimates on construction projects tend to be optimistic.
Analysts now believe that initial estimates that the economy shrank by 0.7% in the April-to-June quarter are overly pessimistic.
TrimTabs says estimates using tax deposits are historically more accurate than initial estimates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
In addition, this program will undoubtedly cost far more than initial estimates, as has occurred with Medicare and Medicaid.
On a quarter-on-quarter basis, the economy grew 3.3%, beating initial estimates of 1.8%.
Initial estimates were 206, 000, but Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said last month the figure was less than half that.
Cable service outages are down to about 14% from initial estimates of 25%.
The initial estimates that were done used overhead photography to measure the amount of oil on the surface, right?
It said clean-up costs and compensation claims for those affected by leaks at the plant may exceed initial estimates.
Initial estimates of the amount of explosives used in the bomb varied from 50 kilograms (110 pounds) to 70 kg.
It is highly satisfactory to beneficiaries, and it is under budget, running more than 40 percent below its initial estimates.
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Initial estimates show that after the first four days, about a quarter of a million people had visited the site.
Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Brian Paddick said the initial estimates were of 150 seriously injured and "many more" walking wounded.
Initial estimates that put the number of people caught up in the drama at more than 500 were inaccurate, they said.
In notable economic news this week, Labor Department data showed that US employers added 96, 000 jobs in August, missing initial estimates of 125, 000.
It helps smooth over some of the unevenness encountered week to week and illustrates how misleading initial estimates of economic data can be.
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While initial estimates called for a service outage of 1-2 days, quick-thinking techs were able to get service going again in just 4 hours.
Indeed if initial estimates hold up, the Western I-banks in Russia could soon be in for some of the largest privatization deals of the past several decades.
According to initial estimates published on January 30th, output grew at an annual rate of only 0.6% in the last three months of 2007 (see article).
Meanwhile, initial estimates of the cost of UK Libya operations have been released by Armed Forces Minister Nick Harvey in response to a parliamentary question in the House of Commons.
By the time the recession ended earlier this year, GDP was 15% below its peak, unemployment had reached 13% and the cost of rescuing Ireland's banks had soared beyond initial estimates.
Accept that losses will be higher than initial estimates, as bad loans come in waves with corporate real estate first, then unsecured credit, then small business loans, and finally residential mortgages.
But I do believe that when the initial estimates came that there were -- it was 5, 000 barrels spilling into the ocean per day, that was based on satellite imagery and satellite data that would give a rough calculation.
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The second quarter is expected to come in at 1.4 percent, compared with initial consensus estimates of 2.3 percent.
We would first shift attention from inaccurate BLS and BEA initial monthly estimates to accurate, real-time data from taxpayers reported to the U.S. Treasury each day.
The upfront cost is higher than a (noisier) diesel generator, but he estimates the initial cost would be paid back in less than a year.
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