Sentence examples for forecasts was off from inspiring English sources

I.B.M. rose after a Salomon Smith Barney analyst said speculation that the computer company would miss its sales or profit forecasts was off the mark.

But it was not surprising that the strength forecasts were off — the accuracy of such forecasts has hardly improved over the past several decades.

According to a study by Anita Elberse, a professor at Harvard Business School, the market's forecasts are off, on average, by sixteen per cent far from perfect, but a track record that most studio marketing departments would be proud of.

If Consolidated Edison can be deemed responsible when power is knocked out for long periods, and if the Army Corps of Engineers can be held liable in court (as it was) for its failings in Hurricane Katrina, might the weather people not reasonably take the fall when their forecasts are off?

That means if a certain PC maker's forecasts are off slightly, small businesses may not see certain notebook models for a few months.

Although the intensity forecasts were off, the track forecasts were better than usual compared to the ten-year period prior to that year.

Virtually every forecast was off in this way.

The average analysts consensus forecast was off 48.7%, significantly higher than the 40% of the earlier column, and also topping the 44% that Lufkin and I found in another study, using the same methodology, between 1973 and 1996.

For example, if the MAPE is 5 then forecast is off by 5% on average.

And even if a forecast is off-base, there are few repercussions because they are almost always quickly forgotten.

Of course, if there is a larger turnout on Election Day than I am forecasting, my forecasts will be off.