forward-looking
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As ever, the stock market is forward-looking, and investors want to know what’s next.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
“You have a consumer who is being asked to make a large, forward-looking discretionary purchase at a moment when they’re feeling least confident doing so,” she said.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 11, 2026
The stock market, however, is forward-looking; buy the rumor and sell the news, as the saying goes.
From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026
The meeting will bring a fresh edition of the Fed’s forward-looking dot plot, a set of projections that displays how policymakers think that inflation, economic growth and interest rates will evolve over the coming years.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026
Classical music’s infatuation with mining the riches of the distant past only reinforced the popular impression that it was backward- rather than forward-looking.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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