backward-looking

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For the LFI's Fourreau, the banquets are "backward-looking – a caricature".

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

He says the Fed talks too much about the near-term path of rates and leans too heavily on backward-looking data.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

That means Friday’s data, collected during the period ended on March 14, are perhaps even more backward-looking than usual.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

The backward-looking data won’t be pivotal to the Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s decision making, given that the outlook has been upended by the Iran conflict.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

This backward-looking astronomer had been born in 1611, which perhaps explains his old-fashioned attitude, and christened Johann Höwelcke, but Latinized his name to Johannes Hevelius.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin