Budget experts widely expect the city to lower its forecast of tax revenues.

Thailand's government has already lowered its forecast for economic growth this year, to no more than 6.5 percent from earlier predictions of 8 percent.

It predicted that spending would improve by 4 percent in 2002, lowering its earlier forecast of 7 percent.

He now may lower his forecast for growth in the third quarter.

The company reported a 13 percent drop in profits on Thursday and lowered its forecast for the current quarter.

For 2006, she lowered her forecast to an increase of 4.5 percent from 2005.

He said his firm had just lowered its forecast for the economy's growth rate this year to an anemic 1 percent.

The company, which plans to split into four operations, also lowered its forecast for the first quarter.

Earlier this month, she lowered her forecast to $1.28.

She also lowered her forecast for American ad spending next year to an increase of 4 percent compared with 2002, from 4.2 percent.