Shortfall Quotes

We are not allowing the current shortfall to impede the process.

In order to cover the potential shortfall of $3.8 million caused by the delay in receiving the gaming revenues, I will be forced to eliminate nearly $4 million worth of desperately needed positions from the city`s budget proposal for 2006,

The fourth quarter was particularly back-end loaded and a significant amount of business closed in the last week on terms less favorable than expected, ... The resulting sales shortfall and compressed margins became apparent after the end of the quarter.

While our budget shortfall is temporary, ruining pristine national lands is permanent.

It is estimated that raising the retirement age to 70 would cut the shortfall by about 36%. But this proposal has some drawbacks. Women and men who have worked jobs that require manual labor all of their lives may not physically be able to do work until they are 70 years old.

We didn`t budget enough in salaries and we had a shortfall in state and local revenues.

We`ve studied this issue enough, ... It`s past time. Our state budget has a $1 billion shortfall.

Given limits on the size of departments, and as we try to have some diversity in terms of research specialties, it means that having one person depart can leave a real gap, ... If we lose those three people, yes, there will be a shortfall, but it`s not like there`s no one here for majors to work with. But when you find a professor`s work inspiring and then suddenly that person`s going, it`s not really satisfying to be told there are plenty of faculty left.

There is no budget shortfall per se. We were challenged in putting together the budget year because of the loss of federal funding.

The good news is that sales for January seem to be right on track with our previous forecast of 4 percent -- not enough to make up for the holiday shortfall, but a good sign nonetheless,