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: --
[ + to infinitive ] Oil prices are forecast to increase by less than two percent this year.
Snow has been forecast for tonight.
They forecast a large drop in unemployment over the next two years.
3 a statement of what is judged likely to happen in the future, based on information you have now: --
The Treasury's summer economic forecast warned of a rise in underlying inflation by the end of the year.
a budget/deficit/profit/revenue forecast As for housing and jobs, the budget forecast predicts little improvement any time soon.
meet a forecast The company hopes to meet its forecast of 4% growth this year.
cut/downgrade/reduce a forecast The CBI also cut its growth forecast for the economy next year from 2.7% to 2.4%.
give/make/provide a forecast on sth He refused to give a forecast on when 365 is likely to make money for shareholders.
4 to judge what is likely to happen in the future, based on information you have now: --
forecast that The Chancellor is forecasting that inflation will remain on target at 2.5% in each of the next three years.
be forecast to be sth Operating profits are forecast to be below previous expectations at $3m.
forecast profits/revenue/sales Analysts forecast profits of €8.8m this year.
forecast a drop/growth/rise in sth The company still forecasts a 2% growth in house prices next year.
In fact, parameter stability is desirable in order to obtain good forecasts.
Thus, we thought about ways to improve the accuracy of our forecasts.
Simulations of the adaptive belief system give rise to endogenous switches between forecasts at intervals of varying length.
Indeed, as unfolded later in this study, the market dynamics is a result of complex interaction between changing forecasts and investor ratios.
Rolling forecasts are forecasts made on the basis of the most recent fraction of the observations available in the sample size.
However, the means that are optimal relative to squared-error loss are not too far from the actual values being forecasted.
Table 1 presents the correlation matrices, means, and standard deviations for the models forecasting externalizing and internalizing symptoms.
Ominous forecasts about our graying population and the next recession.
