Job forecasters, such as those who work for the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, examine data to predict future employment trends. Businesses go through cycles of upward and downward trends and are ...

Update: On July 30, NOAA said the decision was reversed and it will continue receiving the satellite data. Read more here. Our earlier story is below. A satellite program that has historically been a ...

Forecasting is described as the practice of creating statements that anticipate future information. You should not confuse forecasting with budgeting, which uses future information to create a plan to ...

FORECAST.ETS applies an exponential triple smoothing (ETS) algorithm to create forecasts that can include trend and seasonal ...

Just a few decades ago shopping was done by physically going into retail stores or shopping through mail order magazines. Then, the shopping experience was revolutionized with the internet, and always ...

Any good business will have a system of sales forecasting as part of its critical management strategy. But most sales forecasts are, by nature, inexact. The trick, experts say, is to know in which ...