11.   For the full year, the government is forecasting zero GDP growth.

12.   However, the process has gone slower than expected and has not produced the financial windfall that the government had forecast.

13.   The Chinese government already was forecasting a slowdown in economic growth this year even before the Asian crisis.

14.   The government is forecasting a deficit this year because of tax breaks and increased spending on programs to lift the economy out of recession.

15.   The government is forecasting modest increases in corn and soybean prices because U.S. farmers are expected to harvest less of both crops than originally expected.

16.   The Russian government is forecasting economic growth will begin next year.

17.   For this year, the government is cautiously forecasting growth at the upper end of a two to four percent range.

18.   The Philippine government is forecasting at least five percent GNP growth this year.

19.   Until now the government has forecast that the economy would grow by three percent next year.

20.   The government forecast growth could touch between five and seven percent this year.