le petit jeu des pronostics
English translation: If one is attempting predictions,
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|  Selected response from: Mark Nathan France Local time: 13:55 | ||||||
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prediction game Explanation: http://www.marketpsych.com/blog/2008/01/market-prediction-ga... |
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game of economic forecasting Explanation: Don´t know about snappy, but to get the ball rolling, a fairly literal stab. In the game of economic forecasting, the trend... As in: larger-scale econometric models, which are very influential in the game of economic forecasting. ... http://books.google.com.au/books?isbn=0198287364... the mug's game of economic forecasting, I have every sympathy. It just shows that the old cliche ... http://www.investorschronicle.co.uk/.../Darlings-overoptimis... Oil, the perennial wild card in the game of economic forecasting, hit $98 a barrel on November 23rd (quoted on the New York Mercantile Exchange). ... http://www.mtbfunds.com/misc/commentary.php And I think the game in many respects, the game of economic forecasting is just that simple—follow profits, or if you must, cash flows, or other derivatives ... http://www.independent.org/events/transcript.asp?eventID=71 |
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19 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +5
peer agreement (net): +5Looking into the crystal ball... Explanation: ...the future looks bright, or so it would seem one possiblity! -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 47 mins (2009-10-23 10:12:38 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I would say it depends on the tone of the rest of the article and the publication - a lot of business press uses idiomatic language at the beginning before going into quite detailed content, on the other hand if it's for (say) an internal report prob less appropriate IMHO |
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