Speculates about the US economy and whether it will recover, following the uncertainty due to terrorism in the West, occurring after the World Trade Centre and Pentagon attacks of 11 September 2001. States that not too many companies have experienced a stock market slump of real depth since the...

Purpose – This paper seeks to present the key actors in Germany in the field of public forecasting and futures studies. Design/methodology/approach – Taking into account the highly decentralized nature of German institutions, and the reforms carried out since the reunification, it analyses...

Economic forecasting has become big business with over 40 institutions producing forecasts in the UK alone. Such forecasts are widely reported in the media and businesses typically subscribe to the output of at least one forecasting agency and use it for planning production and investment over...