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What they should be saying is that broad - based equity investors were wrong to cheer the Federal Reserve's economic downgrade and subsequent continuation of its money - printing, bond - buying program; in particular, lower economic forecasts by the Fed will likely be accompanied by reduced revenue and lower earnings at the corporate level.

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By educating yourself on the general state of the economy, what decisions are being made at the national level, and how economic forecasts might affect your industry, you can put yourself a step ahead of others.

Economic forecasting group EY ITEM Club said Monday that it expects the British economy to expand by 1.6 percent in 2018 and 1.7 percent in 2019.

A recent forecast by the Conference Board of Canada suggests that indebted households will restrain spending over the next few years, contributing to slow economic growth.

WHAT THEY DID: An earlier version of the Senate plan would increase deficits by roughly $ 1 trillion over 10 years, even when taking into account additional economic growth forecast with the tax cuts, the Joint Committee on Taxation said last week.

Economists at Macroeconomic Advisers boosted their forecast for fourth - quarter economic growth by three - tenths of a percentage point to an annualized rate of 2.4 percent, on the «unexpected strength» in consumer spending.

Haldane had previously said that economic forecasting could be improved by using more data, just as weather forecasting has improved in the 30 years since the 1987 storm.

Apple's stock fell more than 2.5 percent in premarket trading following a report from Taiwan's Economic Daily that the iPhone maker will slash its sales forecast for the iPhone X by 40 percent in the quarter to 30 million units.

The iPhone maker's stock fell more than 2.5 percent in premarket trading following a report from Taiwan's Economic Daily, citing unidentified sources, that Apple will slash its sales forecast for the iPhone X by 40 percent in the quarter to 30 million units.

On Wednesday, following two days of talks, the Fed will release updated economic forecasts, a «dot plot» of the projected path of rates, and a policy statement at 2 p.m., all capped off by a press conference by Yellen at 2:30 p.m..

Yet even in the unlikely scenario that restructuring is finally accepted by its fellow lenders, the IMF's forecasts are still an overly optimistic account of Greece's economic woes.

OTTAWA, Oct 19 (Reuters)- The Bank of Canada cut its growth forecast on Wednesday and said it actively discussed adding more monetary stimulus to speed up the nation's economic recovery, surprising financial markets by shifting tone dramatically after its initial rate decision.

This forecast was reduced by $ 1.3 billion to a deficit of $ 31.0 billion in the November 2011 Update of Economic and Fiscal Projections and by a further $ 6.1 billion to a deficit of $ 24.9 billion in the March 2012 Budget.

Four years ago, when I was still chief economist at CIBC World Markets, I forecast that global economic growth was on pace to send oil prices to $ 200 a barrel by 2012.

A strengthened and more independent Parliamentary Budget Office would promote greater understanding of complex budget issues; it would force the government to defend its economic and budget forecasts; it would promote a straightforward and more understandable and open budget process; it would promote accountability by commenting on the government's projections and analysis; finally, by being nonpartisan, it would provide research to all political parties.

Most forecasters update their forecasts on a quarterly basis, following the release of the Canadian economic accounts by Statistics Canada (first quarter results published in May, second quarterly results in August, third quarter results in November and fourth quarter and preliminary estimate for year as a whole in February of the following year).

In evaluating the opinions that you hear to the contrary, keep in mind that the consensus of economists, as measured by the Blue Chip Economic Survey and others, has never forecast an oncoming recession, and usually remained rosy even several months after the actual recession was eventually determined to have started.

The provision would automatically reduce the income and corporate rates by one - tenth of one percent whenever the November economic forecast projects a sufficient state budget surplus.

This has been justified by a recommendation in an Ernst & Young study on the federal economic and fiscal forecasting record.

The Government has continued the practice, first adopted by the Liberals in 1996, of using the average of the private sector economic forecasts for budget and fall update planning purposes.

However, given the uncertainties caused by the financial crisis, the Harper Government introduced the «risk adjustment factor» in its October 2010 Update of Economic and Fiscal Projections, whereby the average of the private sector economic forecasts for nominal GDP was adjusted downwards for fiscal planning pEconomic and Fiscal Projections, whereby the average of the private sector economic forecasts for nominal GDP was adjusted downwards for fiscal planning peconomic forecasts for nominal GDP was adjusted downwards for fiscal planning purposes.

Since the April Budget, private sector forecasters have revised down their forecasts of economic growth by about one percentage point.

A strengthened (more resources), and more independent (report to Parliament) PBO would promote greater understanding of complex budget issues; it would strengthen credibility by encouraging simplification and forcing the government to defend its economic and budget forecasts; it would improve the budget process by promoting a straightforward and more understandable and open process; it would promote accountability by commenting on the government's projections and analysis; finally, by being nonpartisan it would provide analysis and research to all political parties.

Furthermore... It Is Their Only Legitimate Medium Term Option... As Global Sovereign Debt Stacks Have Already Grown Above The Levels That Can Be Sustained By Even The Most Optimistic Economic Growth Forecasts.

The net impact of the slightly more positive economic forecast is to lower the deficit by $ 0.9 billion in 2010 - 11 from their November 2010 Update, primarily due to the impact of lower - than - forecast interest rates on public debt charges.

Of the fifteen private sector forecast institutions consulted by the Minister of Finance, only three prepare medium - term economic forecasts.

There is some acknowledgement of the global economic and geopolitical risks, with the result that the Government lowered the private sector forecast for nominal GDP by $ 10 billion in each year.

Private sector forecasters, the IMF and the Bank of Canada have all revised down their forecasts of economic growth by about one percentage point.

This, along with an overly rosy economic forecast and increased enforcement and compliance by the Canada Revenue Agency were the main factors underlying the government's forecast of a balanced budget in 2015 - 16.

BlackBerry's ability to manage inventory and asset risk; BlackBerry's reliance on suppliers of functional components for its products and risks relating to its supply chain; BlackBerry's ability to obtain rights to use software or components supplied by third parties; BlackBerry's ability to successfully maintain and enhance its brand; risks related to government regulations, including regulations relating to encryption technology; BlackBerry's ability to continue to adapt to recent board and management changes and headcount reductions; reliance on strategic alliances with third - party network infrastructure developers, software platform vendors and service platform vendors; BlackBerry's reliance on third - party manufacturers; potential defects and vulnerabilities in BlackBerry's products; risks related to litigation, including litigation claims arising from BlackBerry's practice of providing forward - looking guidance; potential charges relating to the impairment of intangible assets recorded on BlackBerry's balance sheet; risks as a result of actions of activist shareholders; government regulation of wireless spectrum and radio frequencies; risks related to economic and geopolitical conditions; risks associated with acquisitions; foreign exchange risks; and difficulties in forecasting BlackBerry's financial results given the rapid technological changes, evolving industry standards, intense competition and short product life cycles that characterize the wireless communications industry, and the company's previously disclosed review of strategic alternatives.

Many factors could cause BlackBerry's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward - looking statements, including, without limitation: BlackBerry's ability to enhance its current products and services, or develop new products and services in a timely manner or at competitive prices, including risks related to new product introductions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to mitigate the impact of the anticipated decline in BlackBerry's infrastructure access fees on its consolidated revenue by developing an integrated services and software offering; intense competition, rapid change and significant strategic alliances within BlackBerry's industry; BlackBerry's reliance on carrier partners and distributors; risks associated with BlackBerry's foreign operations, including risks related to recent political and economic developments in Venezuela and the impact of foreign currency restrictions; risks relating to network disruptions and other business interruptions, including costs, potential liabilities, lost revenues and reputational damage associated with service interruptions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to implement and to realize the anticipated benefits of its CORE program; BlackBerry's ability to maintain or increase its cash balance; security risks; BlackBerry's ability to attract and retain key personnel; risks related to intellectual property rights; BlackBerry's ability to expand and manage BlackBerry ® World ™; risks related to the collection, storage, transmission, use and disclosure of confidential and personal information; BlackBerry's ability to manage inventory and asset risk; BlackBerry's reliance on suppliers of functional components for its products and risks relating to its supply chain; BlackBerry's ability to obtain rights to use software or components supplied by third parties; BlackBerry's ability to successfully maintain and enhance its brand; risks related to government regulations, including regulations relating to encryption technology; BlackBerry's ability to continue to adapt to recent board and management changes and headcount reductions; reliance on strategic alliances with third - party network infrastructure developers, software platform vendors and service platform vendors; BlackBerry's reliance on third - party manufacturers; potential defects and vulnerabilities in BlackBerry's products; risks related to litigation, including litigation claims arising from BlackBerry's practice of providing forward - looking guidance; potential charges relating to the impairment of intangible assets recorded on BlackBerry's balance sheet; risks as a result of actions of activist shareholders; government regulation of wireless spectrum and radio frequencies; risks related to economic and geopolitical conditions; risks associated with acquisitions; foreign exchange risks; and difficulties in forecasting BlackBerry's financial results given the rapid technological changes, evolving industry standards, intense competition and short product life cycles that characterize the wireless communications industry.

According to a forecast of employment trends by the World Economic Forum, work flexibility, including telework, is «one of the biggest drivers of transformation» in the workplace.»

According to a forecast of employment trends by the World Economic Forum, work flexibility, including telework, is ``

To get some insight into the matter, we turned to one of the most well - informed mortgage rate forecasts available anywhere, the «U.S. Economic and Housing Market Outlook» provided by Freddie Mac.

The government recently forecast economic growth to pick up to 2.5 percent in 2010 and 3.9 percent by 2011, levels not seen in years.

Indeed, economic forecasters surveyed by the European Central Bank have raised their growth forecasts for the year as a whole.

Officials repeatedly downgraded forecasts for economic growth last year to 1.4 %, a far cry from the average annual pace of about 7 % during the early 2000s and well below the medium - term target of 5 % set by President Vladimir Putin.

The Economic Council's Ninth Annual Review: Forecasting with CANDIDE, Howe Research Institute Commentary 4, by Norman Mogil.

Freddie Mac's economic team made just such a prediction earlier this month, forecasting that 30 - year mortgage rates would climb to 4.7 % by the end of 2016.

As usual, I don't place too much emphasis on this sort of forecast, but to the extent that I make any comments at all about the outlook for 2006, the bottom line is this: 1) we can't rule out modest potential for stock appreciation, which would require the maintenance or expansion of already high price / peak earnings multiples; 2) we also should recognize an uncomfortably large potential for market losses, particularly given that the current bull market has now outlived the median and average bull, yet at higher valuations than most bulls have achieved, a flat yield curve with rising interest rate pressures, an extended period of internal divergence as measured by breadth and other market action, and complacency at best and excessive bullishness at worst, as measured by various sentiment indicators; 3) there is a moderate but still not compelling risk of an oncoming recession, which would become more of a factor if we observe a substantial widening of credit spreads and weakness in the ISM Purchasing Managers Index in the months ahead, and; 4) there remains substantial potential for U.S. dollar weakness coupled with «unexpectedly» persistent inflation pressures, particularly if we do observe economic weakness.

In keeping with this added cautiousness, members of the FOMC revised down their median projections for the Fed funds rate to 0.875 % by end - 2016 and 1.875 % by end - 2017, roughly equivalent to two hikes in 2016 (from four projected in December) and four in 2017, while keeping their economic forecast broadly unchanged.

Although E&Y recommended that the Department of Finance should establish a mechanism to increase the distance between the economic and fiscal forecasts presented in the budget and the political process, by either having the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance engage a panel of independent reviewers to critique the government's economic and fiscal forecasts or alternatively establish an independent agency to provide the economic and fiscal forecast.

Another key difficulty in forecasting personal income tax revenues is that the taxable base is much broader than its underlying economic tax base, as measured by Statistics Canada.

It was while researching recession and its effects for clients, that Collin discovered some books — «The Creature from Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve» — by G. Edward Griffin and economic forecasts — by libertarian author — Ron Paul.

These changes are not significantly affected by economic developments, with the exception of changes in the interest rate forecast on federal employees» future benefits, such as pensions, death benefits, etc..

Given the ending of most of the Economic Action Plan stimulus spending in 2011 - 12, one would have expected a significant decline in «other transfer expenses» between 2010 - 11 and 2011 - 12, much more than the $ 1.1 billion forecast by the Department of Finance.

Instead, the government at that time decided to use the average of private sector economic forecasts rather than those produced by the Department of Finance even though E&Y had concluded that the Department's economic forecasts were consistently better than those in the private sector.

The Bank of Canada will update its economic forecasts in the quarterly Monetary Policy Report on Jan. 17, which will be accompanied by the latest interest rate decision and followed by a news conference in Ottawa with Poloz and senior deputy bank governor Carolyn Wilkins.

But the mixed economic picture was underlined by the same month's inflation report, showing annual price rises below consensus forecasts at the headline level and a slight decline in core inflation.

I'm always dismayed, for example, by how confidently analyts and economists talk about the relationship between monetary policy and economic outcomes, when the fact is that the level of interest rates, changes in interest rates, and changes in the monetary base provide very little additional forecasting power for GDP, over and above forecasts based on lagged changes in GDP itself.