The Administration is predicting that the fund would help create 280,000 jobs.

For example, the Administration predicts that the economy will grow by 2.5 percent a year.

Most important, however, the administration could not predict domestic politics in Russia.

The Administration predicted today that the deficit would amount to $116.2 billion.

In July, the administration predicted that the deficit would fall to $331 billion.

The administration is predicting a rebound in the economy next year.

The Administration predicts that the economy will expand 3.2 percent this year.

Over all, tax collections in December were $1.3 billion less than the administration had predicted two months earlier.

The administration had predicted that 4.7 million low-income people would sign up for such assistance.

By contrast, in last year's report, the administration predicted that the basic 2007 premium would be $87.70.