Sentence examples for against forecasting from inspiring English sources

It is difficult to compare the performance of CPP contracts against forecasting using other techniques.

However, we believe it is difficult to compare our method for hedging energy costs against forecasting based on historical data, simply because of the number of variables that will differ between providers.

Guardian Australia has far exceeded its revenue and traffic growth figures year-on-year against forecasts.

Operating profits beat City expectations with a 24% rise to £1.9bn, against forecasts of £1.7bn.

Many stock markets around the world have tumbled in the last three years, making stocks a better value when measured against forecasts of their earnings.

Mining supplier Joy Global posted earnings on Wednesday of $1.13 per share against forecasts of $1.02.

On an annualised basis, the economy grew 2.4% in the period against forecasts of 1.5%.

"Our over-performance against forecast was driven primarily by stronger than expected acquisition due to excitement around Netflix original content," the company said in a statement.

The goods trade deficit with non-EU countries grew to £3.7bn in April from £3.4bn in March, against forecasts for a gap of £3.1bn.

-Matthew Dickinson compares the results of polling aggregates against forecast models.

Recent evidence suggests that such effects may represent disproportionately large buffers against forecast impacts of climate change both on land [32] and in the sea (e.g. kelp forests: Falkenberg, Russell and Connell unpubl. data).