He forecasts continued recession for all of the region's major economies except China and India.
He forecasts a modest pick-up in 10-year yields towards the 2.50-2.75% near year-end 2012.
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He forecasts that for the year the net demand could be JPY 6 trillion.
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He forecasts U.S. 10-year Treasury yields to hit the 3.4% level by year-end.
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He forecasts that launch quantities are probably half that, which explains the sold out status across retail chains today.
He forecasts that demand will grow at an annual rate of 5% to 6% for the rest of this decade.
Jaime Carrera of the Fiscal Policy Observatory, an NGO in Quito, reckons that the government will find it even harder to finance next year's deficit, which he forecasts at 2.5% of GDP.
One report he mentions forecasts that the U.S., with its aging population, will need 60, 000 more primary care physicians than it is expected to have in 2015.
He bases these forecasts of return on his readings of institutional desk ownership and hedging of exposure to each of the exploration and production stocks.
That allows the Treasury to claim the chancellor has already followed the Fund's advice, since the Fund now forecasts he will make slower progress cutting the structural deficit over the next few years than previously thought.
He said the forecasts from the OBR were down to the eurozone crisis, a hike in global commodity prices and a new assessment that the UK's economic boom was bigger and the bust deeper than previously believed.
He reduces his forecasts and stock targets for 14 companies, including not only Arrow, but also Avnet, Ingram Micro, Tech Data, Synnex, Molex, Amphenol, Sensata, Tyco Electronics, Jabil, Flextronics, Sanmina and Motorola Solutions.
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He notes that overall he reduced his EPS forecasts for the company by an average 40% for FY 2012, 2013 and 2014.
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Mr Goodall explained that as all of the organisations in Wales had now put forward their forecasts, he was confident that they would break even.
"The jobs number was lower than even the worst of the worst forecasts, " he said.
He brandished the downgraded growth forecasts for this year and next as supposed proof of the folly of fast and deep cuts to public spending.
"There is considerable uncertainty around any economic forecasts, " he said.
But he was forced to slash growth forecasts and revise up those for national debt.
It's the day he'll be unveiling official forecasts showing borrowing and debt both going up.
But he should remember that optimistic economic forecasts have a tendency to disappoint.
He tweets about everything from quarterly forecasts to upcoming acquisition announcements.
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When qualified skipper Peter Herbert realised that 80% of professional boat captains in the Mediterranean were actually British, he decided to offer English weather forecasts, based on official French government data.
He added that the changes to the forecasts were "all within the normal range of uncertainty".
Mr James does not predict a new depression (there are no fatuous forecasts here), but he denies that you need a global war to get one.
But while Mr Hasenstab forecasts recession for Europe, he still thinks it will hold together, and is more upbeat about the global economy as the effects of quantitative easing by central banks in the developed world are exported to emerging markets.
He notes that the company has missed financial forecasts for five years in a row.
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When a Met Office scientist presented his prediction at a news conference, he was asked about the accuracy of previous forecasts.
In fact, as he explains in his letter, the OBR forecasts have always built in a negative impact on growth from the austerity measures.
Conservative Iain Stewart (Milton Keynes South), who sits on the committee, said he was finding it difficult to find reliable forecasts of future passenger demand.
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