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forward-looking

[fawr-werd-look-ing] / ˈfɔr wərdˌlʊk ɪŋ /








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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