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• n  a statement made about the future
• v  predict in advance
• v  judge to be probable
• v  indicate by signs

• QuickScat is one of the most valuable forecasting tools.
• But there's big business in forecasting the color of the moment.
• Forecaster Michael Evans mines miIlions from controversyIn the uncertain world of economic forecasting, where most commentary is clothed in the blue serge prose of prudence,.

• prediction
• foretelling
• prognostication
• forecast
• calculate
• estimate
• reckon
• count on
• figure
• bode
• portend
• auspicate
• prognosticate
• omen
• presage
• betoken
• foreshadow
• augur
• foretell
• prefigure
• predict

News & Articles

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• With SAS®, Ohio Mutual Insures Better Forecasting, Pricing
  CARY, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Accurate forecasting with SAS enables the insurer to assess how proposed premium increases will affect renewals at agent and policyholder levels, so it can broaden its insurance lines with less risk.
  June 17, 2013 - Business Wire
• Juggernaut Index, No. 32: The New York Jets
  The Juggernaut Index is our annual preseason ranking of NFL teams for fantasy purposes. Repeat: FANTASY PURPOSES. Here, we care primarily about yards and points. We’re not forecasting wins and losses. This isn’t your standard NFL power ranking. If a team’s roster features multiple upper-tier fantasy assets, that group will rank near the top of [...]
  June 17, 2013 - Roto Arcade via Yahoo! Sports
• Forecasting The Weather With Big Data And The Fourth Dimension
  Weather forecasting is something that we often take for granted - flip on our phones, hit the sun icon, and see what the weather's going to be. But behind that seeming simplicity is an incredibly complex set of technologies and infrastructure as a result of both public and private partnerships.
  June 13, 2013 - Forbes

Quotes

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• Ben Bernanke in AFP
  The Federal Reserve is not currently forecasting a recession,Bernanke said in response to a question after a speech in Washington. "We are forecasting slow growth, but ...... as I mentioned today, there are downside risks and therefore...
• Dana Perino in Guardian Unlimited
  We are not forecasting a recession,Perino said. "Clearly there is a slowdown."
• Alan Greenspan in E-Commerce Times
  Regrettably, no answer to those questions is convincing. This is the reason that forecasting the exchange rate for the dollar is problematic,Greenspan said.