Top Economic Forcasters

By Barry Ritholtz - December 2nd, 2010, 6:56AM

Here are Bloomberg’s run of Wall Street’s top economic prognosticators.

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• Top Personal Spending Forecasters
• Top Unemployment Forecasters
• Top GDP Forecasters
• Top CPI Forecasters
• Top Overall Forecasters

Yes, I know that calling someone a top Wall Street’s top economist is like saying they are the skinniest guy at Fat Camp — but occasionally, I must give credit where its due.

Source:
Crandall as Most Accurate Forecaster Says This Too Shall Pass
Timothy R. Homan
Bloomberg December 2, 2010
http://noir.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601108&sid=au.zdQFa1XMU

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Category: Analysts.

Comments

Please use the comments to demonstrate your own ignorance, unfamiliarity with empirical data, ability to repeat discredited memes, and lack of respect for scientific knowledge. Also, be sure to create straw men and argue against things I have neither said nor even implied. Any irrelevancies you can mention will also be appreciated. Lastly, kindly forgo all civility in your discourse . . . you are, after all, anonymous.

3 Responses to “Top Economic Forcasters”

mathman Says:
December 2nd, 2010 at 7:43 am
Don’t forget to factor in this to the rosy forecasts:

http://cryptogon.com/?p=19035
dead hobo Says:
December 2nd, 2010 at 10:15 am
Considering a monkey and a dartboard has a 50% chance of being right on any given decision, I prefer to ignore these and all other prognosticators and trust my own monkeys.
Lugnut Says:
December 2nd, 2010 at 11:37 am
“Forcasters”

typo…