backward-looking

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However the figures are less likely to influence markets due to their backward-looking nature.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

GDP is a backward-looking number, but the report also showed the economy picking up in February and March just as the conflict with Iran erupted.

From MarketWatch • May 2, 2026

That view has flipped, the analyst says, with geopolitics now overshadowing backward-looking 1Q results, though he says singled-out “outsized surprises” are still possible.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

That means Friday’s data, collected during the period ended on March 14, are perhaps even more backward-looking than usual.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 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