For a long time an accepted figure was 15 million, although this has in recent years been revised down.

Growth between 1987 and 1994 has been revised down from 2.4 percent to 2.3 percent.

A year later, he revised this figure down to £18 000.

Growth in the first quarter was also revised down from 2.7% to 2.2%.

The final quarter of 2010 was also revised down from 3.1pc to 2.3pc.

There will be some good news, as estimates for the 2010/11 deficit have been revised down since March.

He expects 1993 earnings of only $1.70 a share, recently revised down from $2.05.

The overall average was later revised down to 7.93 million viewers.

Officials initially put the death toll at 45, but later revised that figure down.

Even worse, it revised down the first quarter growth number from 1.9% to just 0.3%.