The phrase "as previously forecast" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to predictions or expectations that were made earlier.
Example: "The weather will be sunny tomorrow, as previously forecast."
Alternatives: "as earlier predicted" or "as forecasted before".
KPMG "It is clearly good news that government borrowing is lower than forecast in the pre-budget report: £167bn this year rather than £178bn as previously forecast.
Japan Telecom Holdings, which is two-thirds owned by the Vodafone Group, said that it would lose 104 billion yen ($955 million) in the year to March 2004, rather than earn 62 billion yen ($569 million) as previously forecast.
Stung by falling demand for its products, the electronics maker NEC said it now expected to lose a record 300 billion yen ($2.3 billion) in the fiscal year ending March 31, twice as much as previously forecast.
The Japanese electronics company, Hitachi, said it expected to lose 480 billion yen ($3.6 billion) in the fiscal year ending March 31, more than twice as much as previously forecast.
The company, which sells satellites and satellite communications services, said it would not be able to achieve profitability in late 2003 as previously forecast, but dismissed analyst concerns it was headed for bankruptcy or delisting.
Gross margins for the first half will be around 0.2% lower than in the same period last year and will be unchanged over the full year, rather than rising by 0.1% as previously forecast.
The company also said its joint TV network deal with Discovery Communications will not cost as much as had been previously forecast.
Abengoa also told the market on Friday last week that its free cash-flow for the year would be as much as €800m lower than previously forecast.
Oxford Health Plans said it would add customers in 2002 instead of losing members as it had previously forecast, and its stock price rose 12percentt.
As a result, he said the company has revised its expectations for the current quarter, projecting the retail stores will report a small loss, rather than breaking even as it had previously forecast.
"There never was any reason to believe that employment would bounce back, as CBO had previously forecast, in the wake of the financial meltdown, and no reason now to think that the problem lies with deficient skills for any class of workers," Galbraith told HuffPost.
