Forecasts

This report and the associated excel database track quarterly KPIs, including revenue service/total, ARPU, CAPEX and EBITDA for over 141 global cellular network operators and provides short term forecasts up to Q4 2012.

Economically speaking, actual results regularly come out quite far away from even pretty near-term forecasts, which is one reason why asking economists (or journalists, for that matter) to predict when we're going to come out of recession is an exercise in futility. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He said: I look at the forecasts, the forecasts from the Office for Budget Responsibility, the CBI and others, they forecast growth. ❋ Paul Owen (2010)

Short-term forecasts, including theirs, are subject to large errors. ❋ Allan H. Meltzer (2011)

The company said it expects its 2012 performance to be in line with its medium-term forecasts. ❋ Geraldine Amiel (2012)

The numbers will almost certainly reflect a downgrade from the steady growth scenario the officials envisioned in forecasts released in July. ❋ Neil Irwin (2010)

A key risk to long-term forecasts and the defensive perception of Roche's future cash flows, however, remains competition to super-selling cancer drugs Rituxan and Herceptin this year and onwards. ❋ Sten Stovall (2012)

Lenny traces problems of how we handle uncertaintly in forecasts all the way back to Fitzroy, who coined the term ‘forecast’ back in 1862. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The Fed, he said, "One, gives too much weight to short-term forecasts; two, never discusses the medium-term consequences of its decisions; and three, ignores without any discussion warnings such as those that others tried to bring up." ❋ Jon Hilsenrath (2012)

The long-term forecasts we have looked at and the weather information we have researched indicate to us that we won't get much rain at all until our normal rains start in July and August, he said. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Despite the announcement about Jobs, analysts such as Kaufman Bros and Thinkequity raised their long-term forecasts for the share price, to $415 (up $10) and to $390 (up $15) respectively. ❋ Unknown (2011)

While 21 institutions forecast a reduction in overseas income this year, they were in the clear minority, and the same number were expecting this source of income to increase by more than 25%, prompting Hefce, which will publish the sector's longer-term forecasts in July, to warn of "optimism in current growth forecasts". ❋ Unknown (2011)

Behind some of the gloomy longer-term forecasts, however, is a growing realization that the most painful defense cuts probably will be delayed, at least until a new team of Pentagon leaders—including incoming U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, whom the Senate confirmed on Tuesday—finishes a strategic review and reassesses spending plans. ❋ Andy Pasztor In Paris (2011)

Apropos of this, here are the latest forecasts from the San Fran FRB. ❋ Unknown (2010)

AMSTERDAM— Royal Philips Electronics NV said Tuesday it plans to cut a further €300 million $410.4 million in costs as it confirmed its mid-term forecasts, despite the cooling global economy. ❋ Archibald Preuschat (2011)

I argue that criticizing the Administration's employment forecasts is hypocritical. suppose you were to do a blindfold test. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Moreover, the chance of further releases is now another price-capping wild card for near-term forecasts, alongside OPEC infighting, Chinese monetary tightening and Greek solvency. ❋ Liam Denning (2011)

The central bank will publish its latest medium-term forecasts for growth and inflation on May 11. ❋ Alex Brittain (2011)

But it is possible to make reasonable long-term forecasts. ❋ Burton G. Malkiel (2012)

A spokesman for the Met Office, the U.K. weather service, said midterm forecasts were much "kinder." ❋ Unknown (2010)