1. All revenue estimates come from the Joint Committee on Taxation. 2. But he felt full relief when the first ratings estimates came in, he said. 3. Directed scoring means that they have decided to trust him implicitly whenever White House cost estimates come in lower than those of congressional accountants. 4. Futures markets this week gyrated as reports from the tour trickled in, with production estimates coming from Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Minnesota. 5. If stock prices are supposed to predict the future, why are they going up when earnings estimates are coming down? 6. Next comes an estimate of the fraction of extrasolar planets that are habitable. 7. Now, though, the economy has slowed enough for some analysts to forecast a recession, and inflation estimates have come down accordingly. 8. Smith said he expects that estimate to come down, though he said he was optimistic about the upcoming year. 9. The Bush campaign, after prodding by the Washington Post, said the estimate came from a forthcoming report by the Republican staff of the Senate Budget Committee. 10. The estimate came from alert forecasters at the National Hurricane Center who noticed a flare-up of large thunderstorms around the eye. |