Forecasters Quotes

This is a segment of the market that forecasters have missed year after year. - Carl Sewell

These forecasts are higher than in the previous survey, particularly for the first half of 2006, suggesting increasing optimism among the forecasters. - Philadelphia Fed

The strength of the economy since the beginning of the year has been an embarrassment to forecasters. There is much more momentum than most people recognized. - William Hummer

The herd instinct among forecasters makes sheep look like independent thinkers. - Edgar R. Fiedler

The economy depends about as much on economists as the weather does on weather forecasters. - Jean-Paul Kauffmann

The disconnect is not between us and forecasters, it's between us and people in general. - Kurt Gurley

The consensus among hurricane researchers and forecasters is that the hurricane landfalls of 2004 resulted from the AMO, a natural cycle of hurricane activity, combined with a lapse in the incredibly good fortune of the previous 35 years. - Hugh Willoughby

The collective denial on the euro zone economic recovery is belatedly challenged as markets and forecasters finally wake up to reality. - Ken Wattret

That really is the trillion-dollar question. The markets are pricing in extremely negative news and the forecasters are talking about not-so-bad but not-as-positive news. I suppose the truth lies somewhere in between. - Steven Slifer

Summer months can be particularly hazardous for forecasters... The timing of the end of the school year, seasonal hiring patterns and even weather can distort the monthly figure. - John Silvia