11.   Belgian, Italian and Spanish ministers said their deficits could well be below current forecasts.

12.   High temperatures, which arrived in the corn belt earlier than expected this year, should recede by mid-week, according to current forecasts.

13.   Meanwhile, current forecasts for Southeast Asia depend on how quickly the surface water in the eastern Pacific cools down, he said.

14.   The retailer also warned that its fourth-quarter results would not meet current forecasts.

15.   He did not say if this was the current forecast.

16.   On current economic forecasts, that will not happen.