Prediction: In a relegation fight and could well lose it.
A prediction, in a field where prediction is not possible, is no more than a prejudice.
Odey, who backed the vote to leave the EU, made the prediction in a letter to investors.
The median prediction in a poll by Agence France-Presse of 18 economists put expansion at 6.9% – down from 7.3% the year before.
The leading Brexit campaigner made the prediction in a speech arguing that leaving the EU would help to reduce social divides.
Many an author has come to incorrect conclusions, but only a few have had the courage to make a prediction in a title that could be directly contradicted.
In mathematical terms, Morris was wrong 80% in his prognostications: if you had placed a dollar bet on each Morris prediction in a prediction market, you would have lost 70% of your money.
Billy Tauzin, president of the industry's trade association, highlighted the gloomy prediction in a June 1 letter to President Obama shortly before striking the deal to cut drug costs by $80 billion.
The cabinet minister, a former miner, made the dire prediction in a speech at the Cambridge University Conservative Association, adding to recent warnings by the remain campaign about the potential economic impact of Brexit.
And now he has a best-seller, "The Signal and the Noise," in which he discusses the challenges and science of prediction in a wide range of domains, covering politics, sports, earthquakes, epidemics, economics, and climate change.
That is a brave prediction in a region prone to booms and busts, because of its reliance on minerals, oil and rain.
