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forecast

[fawr-kast, -kahst, fohr-] / ˈfɔrˌkæst, -ˌkɑst, ˈfoʊr- /




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And the company is still growing strongly, including a more than 90% year-over-year rise in revenue forecast for the fiscal quarter it is set to report next week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

"Though energy prices moderated as expected, it was food inflation that drove the forecast miss of last month's headline CPI," Oxford Economics said in the note.

From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026

The consumer-price index report showed that prices across broad categories of goods and services moved higher, gaining 0.4% in October and topping the 0.3% forecast.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026

The central banker said there is a risk that inflation will be higher than forecast, with the BOE now seeing a peak at 4.9% in the second quarter of next year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

“What goes through your mind when you wake up in the morning and hear the weather forecast is eighty and sunny?”

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Berenberg’s forecasts for Allianz stop at 2028, but it expects Allianz can continue growing the nonlife top line at around 6% per year to 2030.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

Currently, investors expect that the Fed will raise interest rates by another 50 basis points in the months to come, in line with the latest forecasts from senior Fed officials released in September.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026

The probabilities make it almost certain that macro forecasts will be wrong far more often than right.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026

Deutsche Bank also increases BeOne’s revenue forecasts for the two years by 4% following higher revenue guidance by the company on continued market share gains by its blood-cancer drug Brukinsa.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

Love comes to mind, immediately, and it surprises him like a lightning bolt on a day with clear forecasts.

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera

Keep in mind, the forecasted average gas price of $3.75 this Thanksgiving would be the highest ever “nominal” price for the holiday, he said.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026

Metrolink temporarily suspends service on the Pacific Surfliner in South Orange County due to forecasted high tides.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

The company delivered sales near the high end of its forecasted range, but Wall Street was expecting more, and the stock had its worst day in more than a year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

The NPS said on Monday that a second body had been recovered, while warning that "forecasted weather may affect the timing and pace" of further search operations.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

Moreover, the world down there was far warmer than anyone had expected, with a temperature at 10,000 meters of 180 degrees centigrade, nearly twice the forecasted level.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

“It’s a market that looks really good from an outsider’s perspective,” said Sam Fiorani, vice president of global vehicle forecasting at research firm AutoForecast Solutions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026

And many senior executives say such technology has been an important boost for tasks such as forecasting, asset valuations and auditing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

But the bigger question now is whether companies can sustain that momentum into 2027, when Wall Street analysts are forecasting earnings growth of more than 16%.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

However, the OBR also emphasised the difficulties in economic forecasting, highlighting uncertainty over the future path of inflation, in particular, which could turn out to be either significantly higher or lower than their predictions.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

They dodged trainees pouring out of forecasting labs, talking about their moon prophecies.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton


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