Word: forecasted
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...outright global recession, economists concede, is still a real possibility. "The risks of a deeper, wider, more prolonged downturn have escalated," the International Monetary Fund reported in its most recent global forecast; the Commerce Department said last month that in August the trade deficit ballooned $2.2 billion, to $16.8 billion. Warning signs abound that this involves more than just collapsing Asian and Latin American markets. After years of low unemployment, a number of major U.S. companies have responded to their earnings troubles with year-end job cuts, among them Merrill Lynch (3,400), Raytheon (14,000), LSI Logic...
...late to buy bonds? Can interest rates keep sliding? We are at historic lows already, and rates are famously difficult to forecast. To make an additional 25% gain in zeros from here, the T-bond yield would have to drop to about 4%. A further tumble sounds incredible, I know. You have to recognize zeros as an aggressive bet. But it could pay. Inflation, the greatest threat to bondholders, is truly dead, and the world and U.S. economies are weakening fast--developments that argue for lower rates...
...midpoint of the women's soccer season has come and gone, and Harvard's forecast for what remains looks bright...
HSTO plots proposed rate changes against current calling patterns to forecast the impact on revenue. Models predicted a $300,000 drop after the domestic cuts and another $200,000 for this year's international...
...less than 1 billion" rubles. But a former bank official fears that as many as 50 billion rubles will be minted in a vain attempt to reflate the economy. A far likelier result is hyper-inflation. Inflation has already rocketed to 67% since the Aug. 17 devaluation, and is forecast to hit 290% by year...