Such a sales gain is at the high end of the company's forecast.
That is at the high end of its previous forecasts.
But the range of forecasts runs from 50,000 to 275,000.
The report was at the top end of many analysts' forecasts.
The loss was about three times the average of analysts' forecasts.
During this period a number of alarming forecasts were made.
The announcement followed a series of different forecasts in the last few days.
He never even tried to explain the rationale of his forecast.
In the second quarter, its revenue was well short of the company's forecast.
The range of economists' forecasts goes from 205,000 new jobs to 430,000.