"We review the profit forecast, the volume forecast in real time, and we make decisions to change at that point in time, " explained McDonald.

麦睿博解释道：“我们会实时对利润预测和产量预测进行评估，并且可以及时做出决策，进行必要的调整。

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We now expect global GDP to contract by 1.9% in real terms in 2009; this is down a full percentage point from our previous forecast of 0.9% shrinkage, made in mid-January.

我们现在预测，2009年全球实际GDP将收缩1.9%，比之前在1月中旬提出的0.9%预期整整高了1个百分点。

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Bank of America chief economist Ethan Harris is concerned enough about rising oil prices that he trimmed his global economic growth forecast by a tenth of a percentage point Wednesday.

美国银行(Bank of America)首席经济学家伊森·哈里斯对日益攀升的油价极为忧虑，导致他在本周三将全球经济增长预期下调了0.1个百分点。

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But it really is defining the space we want to be playing in rather than a specific point forecast.

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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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Only fools believe any precise forecast as to when that point will occur.

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