Inside the Crystal Ball
How to Make and Use Forecasts
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A practical guide to understanding economic forecasts
In Inside the Crystal Ball: How to Make and Use Forecasts, Maury Harris, UBS Chief U.S. Economist and one of Bloomberg's 50 Most Influential People in Global Finance, helps readers improve their own forecasting abilities by examining the elements and processes that characterize successful and failed forecasts. The book:
* Explores and emphasizes the prerequisites for sound forecasting judgment--a good sense of history and an understanding of contemporary theoretical frameworks
* Evaluates major contemporary forecasting issues--including the hypothesis of sustained economic sluggishness, possible inflation outcomes in falling unemployment, and projecting interest rates when central banks implement unprecedented low interest rate and quantitative easing (QE) policies
* Walks readers through the real-life steps Dr. Harris and other successful forecasters take in preparing their projections--including personal recipes for long-term credibility and commercial success to anyone offering advice about the future
In Inside the Crystal Ball: How to Make and Use Forecasts, Maury Harris, UBS Chief U.S. Economist and one of Bloomberg's 50 Most Influential People in Global Finance, helps readers improve their own forecasting abilities by examining the elements and processes that characterize successful and failed forecasts. The book:
* Explores and emphasizes the prerequisites for sound forecasting judgment--a good sense of history and an understanding of contemporary theoretical frameworks
* Evaluates major contemporary forecasting issues--including the hypothesis of sustained economic sluggishness, possible inflation outcomes in falling unemployment, and projecting interest rates when central banks implement unprecedented low interest rate and quantitative easing (QE) policies
* Walks readers through the real-life steps Dr. Harris and other successful forecasters take in preparing their projections--including personal recipes for long-term credibility and commercial success to anyone offering advice about the future
A practical guide to understanding economic forecasts
In Inside the Crystal Ball: How to Make and UseForecasts , UBS Chief U.S. Economist Maury Harris helps readersimprove their own forecasting abilities by examining the elementsand processes that characterize successful and failed forecasts.The book:
Provides insights from Maury Harris, named amongBloomberg s 50 Most Influential People in Global Finance.
Demonstrates "best practices" in the assembly andevaluation of forecasts. Harris walks readers through thereal-life steps he and other successful forecasters take inpreparing their projections. These valuable procedures can helpforecast users evaluate forecasts and forecasters as inputs formaking their own specific business and investment decisions.
Emphasizes the critical role of judgment in improvingprojections derived from purely statistical methodologies. Harris explores the prerequisites for sound forecastingjudgment-a good sense of history and an understanding ofcontemporary theoretical frameworks-in readable andilluminating detail.
Addresses everyday forecasting issues, including thecredibility of government statistics and analyses, fickleconsumers, and volatile business spirits . Harrisalso offers procedural guidelines for special circumstances, suchas natural disasters, terrorist threats, gyrating oil and stockprices, and international economic crises.
Evaluates major contemporary forecastingissues -including the now commonplace hypothesis ofsustained economic sluggishness, possible inflation outcomes in anenvironment of falling unemployment, and projecting interest rateswhen central banks implement unprecedented low interest rate andquantitative easing (QE) policies.
Brings to life Harris s own experiences and thoseof other leading economists in his almost four-decade career as aprofessional economist and forecaster. Dr. Harris presents hispersonal recipes for long-term credibility and commercial successto anyone offering advice about the future.
In Inside the Crystal Ball: How to Make and UseForecasts , UBS Chief U.S. Economist Maury Harris helps readersimprove their own forecasting abilities by examining the elementsand processes that characterize successful and failed forecasts.The book:
Provides insights from Maury Harris, named amongBloomberg s 50 Most Influential People in Global Finance.
Demonstrates "best practices" in the assembly andevaluation of forecasts. Harris walks readers through thereal-life steps he and other successful forecasters take inpreparing their projections. These valuable procedures can helpforecast users evaluate forecasts and forecasters as inputs formaking their own specific business and investment decisions.
Emphasizes the critical role of judgment in improvingprojections derived from purely statistical methodologies. Harris explores the prerequisites for sound forecastingjudgment-a good sense of history and an understanding ofcontemporary theoretical frameworks-in readable andilluminating detail.
Addresses everyday forecasting issues, including thecredibility of government statistics and analyses, fickleconsumers, and volatile business spirits . Harrisalso offers procedural guidelines for special circumstances, suchas natural disasters, terrorist threats, gyrating oil and stockprices, and international economic crises.
Evaluates major contemporary forecastingissues -including the now commonplace hypothesis ofsustained economic sluggishness, possible inflation outcomes in anenvironment of falling unemployment, and projecting interest rateswhen central banks implement unprecedented low interest rate andquantitative easing (QE) policies.
Brings to life Harris s own experiences and thoseof other leading economists in his almost four-decade career as aprofessional economist and forecaster. Dr. Harris presents hispersonal recipes for long-term credibility and commercial successto anyone offering advice about the future.
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