backward-looking
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Views on personal finances going forward were unchanged this month, but the backward-looking measures of personal finances and the economy inched lower.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
For the LFI's Fourreau, the banquets are "backward-looking – a caricature".
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
Whatever the case, GDP is backward-looking, and doesn’t tell us much about what is going on in the economy now.
From MarketWatch ● May 28, 2026
Strong corporate earnings, which investors rely on, are backward-looking and ignore important factors.
From MarketWatch ● May 22, 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
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