Sentence examples for private sector forecasters from inspiring English sources

He added, "Private sector forecasters have shaved about half a percentage point from their 2012 unemployment rate forecast in response to the improvement in the job market since we made our forecast".

But the Fed, like many private sector forecasters, has been too optimistic in its predictions over the last two years, repeatedly overestimating the pace of growth.

Private sector forecasters have said that ending the two percentage point reduction in payroll taxes and the emergency jobless aid could subtract about 1 percent from economic growth.

That prediction, which is far more optimistic than that of many private sector forecasters, was part of the annual economic report released last week by the White House Council of Economic Advisers and was immediately echoed by Mr. Bush himself.

But Austan D. Goolsbee, the chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers since September, said that a shift in sentiment quickly followed the news of the tax deal "There aren't many policies which, on the day Washington announces them, lead most private-sector forecasters to publicly and significantly revise their forecasts upward," he said.

ECONOMIC FORECASTS  This week The Economist launches a new quarterly poll of private-sector forecasters.

This wasn't just a political question: private-sector forecasters were divided, too.

Unfortunately, this cautious message can be undercut by private-sector forecasters.

The central bank says private-sector forecasters expect them to push up inflation only mildly in 2014, to 3.9%.

Yet several private-sector forecasters reckon that the stronger euro and higher unemployment could reduce inflation to close to 1% by early next year.

The average outlook of private-sector forecasters envisions the economy shrinking by 2percentthis yearandand unemployment peaking just below 9percentt in 2010.