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February 21, 2021 Questions from an Economic ForecastThe economic recovery is in the hands of vaccine distributors, not economic policymakers.
December 16, 2018 Slowing Growth and Greater Risk in 2019We look to data indicators to anticipate changes in the new year.
September 7, 2014 Forecasting in the Silly SeasonElection season is rife with misunderstood economic projections.
May 19, 2013 The Heritage Foundation, Immigration and Moral CourageGood research should illuminate, not merely support an opinion.
December 16, 2012 Forecasts of the EconomyA well thought out economic forecast offers a great deal of useful information.
January 3, 2011 Forecasting the YearAnyone who can build a model to predict the last recession, given what was known before it started, will become very rich.
December 31, 1969 Integrity and Accuracy in Economic ForecastsWe could do like weather forecasters and give probabilities, but that doesn’t make public budgeting any easier.

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