German to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Economics | | German term or phrase: am aktuellen Rand | Sentence:
Positive Signale für die Binnenkonjunktur kommen **am aktuellen Rand** allerdings erfreulicherweise von Seiten der XX-Industrie.
I am a bit puzzled by 'Rand'. Is this mean to refer to the end of the last quarter or half-year, i.e. the last period for which reliable figures are available? And if so, to which period? Would be grateful for any insights.
TIA
Karin |
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Clarification request(s) and responseDeborah Shannon: 5:19pm Aug 12, 2005: It seems to me this is a phrase with a specific meaning in mathematical statistics which non-statisticians use more liberally without such a precise meaning; here perhaps just 'the latest' figures or projections based on them (not necessarily reliable) -
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 Sonja Wesseler
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Note from asker to answererThanks - in fact I started googling with 'margin' and came up with 'at the current margin'. Still not sure what it means though!
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