Word: forecasts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Vast changes lie ahead. Intelligence divines them. Creative thought strives to comprehend and forecast. It must of necessity sap the foundations of men's little systems-the very systems which they struggle to sustain by gifts of money...
...Stocks have been advancing since August 7 while money rates have been declining. This situation in the money and security markets is invariably the forerunner of business improvement and our forecast for the remainder of the year 1922 is for substantial business improvement accompanied by rising wholesale prices...
...effect of the coal strike since April 1 has not materially affected business conditions, although it has been felt in the iron and steel market and coke prices have increased sharply. It is not within the scope of scientific economic research to forecast the probable duration of this contest, but a prolonged tie-up in coal-production would undoubtedly, have a serious effect on business improvement...
Professor Woodworth stated that this tremor was not unforseen as geologists had been expecting a similar disturbance in this particular locality for several years. They were led to this forecast from the fact that the shock was centered in the belt between the great earthquake of Mount St. Elias in the region of Alaska, and the San Francisco district. The former disturbance, which occurred in 1899, was the greatest shock that has taken place in North America since the white man's occupancy, while the San Francisco disaster was a serious shakeup in the earth's crust. The section between...
...committee was formed for the purpose of investigating existing business conditions, collecting statistics, and applying them to the principles of scientific business fluctuation, so enabling them to forecast business depressions. For the first time this year the committee is issuing weekly letters to those who subscribe to its service, and this extract is taken from the fourth of this series...