21.   Sceptical about people who have defined the point when the country might rebound, Schmidt gives no forecasts.

22.   The company declined to give a forecast of earnings for the current year.

23.   Usually the forecasts are given when the budget is unveiled.

24.   As with the other three houses, Yamaichi did not give profit forecasts for the current fiscal year.

25.   She declined to give a forecast for the Nasdaq.