41. The department also lowered its forecast of world wheat reserves. 42. The company also lowered its forecast for the entire year. 43. The London-based firm said it lowered the forecast because global mine and smelter expansions were slowed by strikes, accidents and technology glitches. 44. The others will follow by officially lowering their forecasts for earnings, according to estimates by the Nihon Keizai newspaper. 45. The steel companies also lowered their forecasts for sales and profits for the full year. 46. The USDA also may lower production forecasts for soybean crops in Brazil and Argentina, key producing countries, analysts and traders said. 47. The worst that most financial analysts get when they lower their stock ratings or earnings forecasts is a growl of disappointment from shareholders. 48. They will have to lower those forecasts, he said. 49. Traders expected that recent dry weather would lead the USDA to lower production forecasts for both crops. 50. Were you surprised they lowered their forecasts? |