Although snow was in forecast, no one expected anything of this magnitude. Not ever the television weathermen, especially not this early in the season.

然而,没有人能够预测到什么即将发生,尽管雪况是被提前预测的,但没有人能够猜到它的规模,甚至是电视台的专家们也不知道,尤其是在这个季节的早期.

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In April, Credit Suisse forecast that one-third of all export-oriented manufacturers could close within three years.

四月份，瑞士信贷预计三分之一的仰赖出口的制造企业会在三年内关闭。

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Officials in the tourism industry forecast a 10 percent increase in tourist arrivals, crucial for the crisis-hit country where tourism accounts for one in five jobs and 16 percent of GDP.

旅游业的官员预计，入境旅客人数增加10%，对这个受危机重创的国家来说是及其重要的，因为旅游业为这个国家提供了五分之一的工作，占GDP的16%。

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We had expected one 25 basis point hike in the second quarter, but with this move coming so early in the quarter we now forecast one more 25bp hike in the quarter with another one in the third, for a total of 100 basis points of tightening this year.

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Confidence among non-manufacturers was unchanged in the final quarter of 2004, but it is forecast to drop one point in the March survey.

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Although this figure was lower than the 54 that had been forecast one has to bear in mind that a level greater than 50 signals growth or an expanding base of economic activity.

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