Undershoot

The inclusion of the word undershoot was seen by traders as a clear signal that the ECB council would cut rates when it meets next Thursday. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Last year it did about $15-20 million of business and this year it had hoped do $150 million, but it may "undershoot" that goal because of the recession, says Hamilton. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The satphone accompanies returning ISS crews on Soyuz reentry & landing for contingency communications with SAR (Search-and-Rescue) personnel after touchdown (e.g., after an "undershoot" ballistic reentry, as happened during the 15S return). ❋ Unknown (2010)

Draghi, who is only a month into his presidency, said for the first time that he wanted to ensure inflation did not undershoot or exceed its target of just below 2%. ❋ Unknown (2011)

More important is what the Fed statement says about how ready the central bank is to buy more securities in the future should the economy continue to underperform and inflation undershoot. ❋ Neil Irwin (2010)

"The committee judged that the weak near-term growth outlook and associated downward pressure from economic slack meant that, without further monetary stimulus, it was more likely than not that inflation would undershoot the 2% target in the medium term," the BOE said in a statement. ❋ Jason Douglas (2012)

Both Adam Posen and David Miles have made it clear in speeches they would aim to overshoot rather than undershoot the target. ❋ Alen Mattich (2011)

The new guidance means the group's full-year results could undershoot the fiscal 2010 earnings by 10%. ❋ Colin Ng (2011)

The deterioration in the outlook has made it more likely that inflation will undershoot the 2% target in the medium term. ❋ Unknown (2011)

OTTAWA—Canada's economy shrank unexpectedly in November, suggesting fourth-quarter growth is likely to undershoot the central bank's forecast and may keep it from raising interest rates at least through this year. ❋ Nirmala Menon (2012)

Amundsen won the race by setting ambitious goals for each day's progress but also by being careful not to overshoot on good days or undershoot on bad ones, a disciplined approach shared by the 10Xers, according to Messrs. ❋ Alan Murray (2011)

Possibly not by as much as they overestimate foreign aid spending, but I think the tendency would be to undershoot by a couple fold. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Capital Economics figures the U.K.'s budget shortfall for the current year will undershoot official projections of a £149 billion deficit by around £10 billion. ❋ Alen Mattich (2011)

Economists had been predicting that total borrowing for 2010-2011 was likely to undershoot the borrowing target by between £8 billion and £10 billion, but that margin could now be considerably smaller. ❋ Jason Douglas (2011)

He scaled back Tesco's ambition for new malls to 50 in the next five years, from the previously forecast 80, and said he expects to undershoot the £4 billion Chinese sales target as well. ❋ Kathy Gordon (2011)

Although the government is on course to slightly undershoot its November projections for the current year's budget shortfall, cumulative deficits are now expected to be £46 billion $ 74 billion bigger over the subsequent five years. ❋ Alen Mattich (2011)