growth forecast
Predicted increase outlook
A growth forecast is a prediction of how much something will expand over a specified period, typically applied to economic indicators like GDP, corporate revenue, or market sectors.
Analysts, governments, and businesses use growth forecasts for planning and investment decisions: The IMF revised its growth forecast for emerging markets downward.
Like all forecasts, they carry uncertainty and are regularly updated as conditions change.
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- economic outlookExpected future market conditions
- outlookAttitude toward the future
- predictionForecast of coming events
- estimateInformed guess at quantity
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