91.   About half of the firms also expected increased profitability, compared with just a third who made that forecast last year.

92.   Although Jacquet does not like to make forecasts he admits he is looking to go all the way.

93.   Bank management did not make any forecast for the year as a whole.

94.   But ING made no forecast for profits this year.

95.   But uncertainty about the speed with which the German economy would recover and about the behaviour of consumers prevented him from making firm forecasts.

96.   With the current clam-up, financial analysts will have to make their forecasts without insight from some top companies, whose own predictions can move the markets.

97.   It did not make any forecast for the full year.

98.   Nevertheless, it was difficult to make any forecasts in the current climate of uncertainty.

99.   Nevertheless, the group would not be drawn into making a forecast for the whole year.

100.   Nissan has made no forecast for group earnings in the year to March, though it was expected to break even in the term.