Debt owed to the public will reach 77% of GDP by 2020--and that's probably an underestimate.
That is almost certainly an underestimate, though the true figure is impossible to come by.
We think there is still an underestimate of U.S. and global growth prospects.
However, this may be an underestimate as only vitamin D from food was included, and not any vitamin D obtained through sun exposure.
"On top of that there is a 5% tidal stream figure, and with future technological development that is likely to be an underestimate in my view, " he said.
Antibiotic resistance already kills around 100, 000 Americans, 80, 000 Chinese and 25, 000 Europeans a year, according to figures from the past four years, which are likely to be an underestimate.
The weekly Die Zeit recently argued that, whatever the risks of an underestimate, one should also not overestimate what the chancellor can do, at least with her present coalition.
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That would be an underestimate.
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Of course, under a budget, agencies have an incentive to underestimate compliance costs while regulated parties have an incentive to overstate them.
"Those who claim that this effect would be small succumb either to an illusion or deliberately underestimate this risk, " he said.
We often focus on immediate benefits like salary, health insurance, employment perks, and working conditions when choosing an employer, but the first lesson may be to not underestimate the value of a traditional pension plan in choosing an employer.
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Tradition may be an obstacle now, but never underestimate what smart programmers and a lot of cheap processing power can do.
His oratory is combined, however, with an occasional inarticulacy which leads many to underestimate his intelligence and political skills.
That's an ambitious goal, but don't underestimate the scrappy brothers Crown.
Although the proportion of U.S. Hispanics is scaling upwards rapidly, corporations and advertisers continue to underestimate the importance of Hispanics as an economic and business development engine.
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Never underestimate the power of Improvisation to turn an unpopular change into a winning strategy.
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So never underestimate the power of what you can do as an individual.
And let's not underestimate the success achieved in a short time by campaigners on an issue which could have been seen as a niche, geeky concern.
This suggests an obvious criticism: by providing the light-bulb figure, the researchers primed their subjects to underestimate energy consumption.
He says cyclists often underestimate the risks they face when they are on the roads, in particular if they are in an accident where they are found to be at fault themselves.
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