0 a statement of what is judged likely to happen in the future, especially in connection with a particular situation, or the expected weather conditions:
1 to say what you expect to happen in the future:
They forecast a large drop in unemployment over the next two years.
Snow has been forecast for tonight.
[ + to infinitive ] Oil prices are forecast to increase by less than two percent this year.
3 a statement of what is judged likely to happen in the future, based on information you have now:
give/make/provide a forecast on sth He refused to give a forecast on when 365 is likely to make money for shareholders.
cut/downgrade/reduce a forecast The CBI also cut its growth forecast for the economy next year from 2.7% to 2.4%.
meet a forecast The company hopes to meet its forecast of 4% growth this year.
a budget/deficit/profit/revenue forecast As for housing and jobs, the budget forecast predicts little improvement any time soon.
The Treasury's summer economic forecast warned of a rise in underlying inflation by the end of the year.
4 to judge what is likely to happen in the future, based on information you have now:
forecast a drop/growth/rise in sth The company still forecasts a 2% growth in house prices next year.
forecast profits/revenue/sales Analysts forecast profits of €8.8m this year.
be forecast to be sth Operating profits are forecast to be below previous expectations at $3m.
forecast that The Chancellor is forecasting that inflation will remain on target at 2.5% in each of the next three years.
The forecast said it was going to be hot and sunny tomorrow.
The forecast said that there's a possibility of snow tonight.
The sales forecast is predicated on the assumption that the economy will grow by four percent this year.
I think these sales forecasts are unrealistic, considering how slow sales are at present.
Ministers, with reason, remained sceptical of the accuracy of long-term forecasts and the political inflexibility they were designed to encourage.
We conclude that it is important to account for both nonlinearity and the behavior of monetary aggregates when forecasting inflation.
The model then reasonably forecasts the future evolution of executive and public employment given the current observed situation for our three countries.
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