Will long-term forecasting is, of course, inherently difficult and there is extreme uncertainty about a commodity like oil that is affected by, and has an effect on, the overall health of the global economy.

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The gender gap is actually smallest in retirement preparedness, which requires such skills as strategic planning, short-term and long-range forecasting, and analysis of multiple variables.

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He found that this smoothed the extremes of the ratio and improved its long-term stock market return forecasting ability.

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The concept of a global ocean observing system grew from the realisation that understanding and forecasting climate change would require a long-term, multivariate ocean observing system.

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Admittedly, forecasting and cost-benefit analysis on big, long-term projects such as this amount to little more than complicated guesswork.

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While many of us see this activity as just the early stages of what will become a long-term, sustainable component of the New York economy, some veteran observers are already forecasting the collapse of another tech bubble.

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