forecast
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The US is nearing its $41.1tn debt ceiling, with debt forecast to climb to about $64tn by 2036, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Revenues were $187.9 billion, up 5.9 percent from the year-ago period as Walmart raised its full-year profit and sales forecast.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Starbucks last month reported quarterly earnings and sales that outpaced analysts’ expectations, and increased its forecast for full-year same-store sales and earnings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Notice that over all three forecast horizons the Fed Model reduces explanatory power.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
We stop watching and lie back and wait for the weather forecast but we don’t hear it.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
The dashboard also aggregates forecasts that put El Nino on course to peak at a 3.9C anomaly this November -- well above the 3C anomaly detected in the 2015 El Nino.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Mike McPhaden, a senior scientist at NOAA's Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, had a similar estimate, telling AFP: "It's not inconceivable that 2027 may top out at 1.7C above preindustrial levels" if model forecasts bear out.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
The retailer now expects 2026 revenue of $92 billion, which is at the lower end of its previous range and below analyst forecasts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Long range forecasts are now looking ahead to meteorological autumn - the months of September, October and November.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
I switch on my reading lamp and listen to the shipping forecasts on the radio on low volume.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
Last season, only four teams featured in the forecasted top-four positions, but this time there are seven named, in 15 different combinations.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
That’s a level often viewed as fairly valued, although PEG ratios rely heavily on forecasted growth, which is based on Wall Street estimates and can be misleading at times.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
Analysts forecasted revenue of $1.18 billion, according to FactSet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
"The hype is definitely here for the World Cup, it'll be here until the World Cup ends," he forecasted.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
The weatherman had forecasted a record high for the day of the meet.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
He served from 2008 to 2014 as Mr. Putin’s deputy minister of economic development, overseeing forecasting, strategic planning and budgeting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Ahead of the decision to hold off on the new tariffs, analysts had been forecasting that Trump would back down.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
Such monitoring could improve space weather forecasting and contribute to safer, more dependable satellite operations in the future.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
China's NMC issued a red typhoon alert -- its most severe warning -- on Sunday morning, forecasting "extraordinary torrential rain" in some areas of central and eastern Zhejiang.
From Barron's ● Aug. 9, 2026
“I am Dr. Karlsson, and I work with the Level Fours who have forecasting marvels. But Headmarveller Rivera asked me to speak to you. Can you tell me a bit about the things you knit?”
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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