I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ good , optimistic
▪ gloomy , pessimistic
▪ conservative
▪ accurate , correct
▪ detailed
▪ revised
▪ annual
▪ early
▪ long-range , long-term
▪
a long-range weather ~
▪ short-term
▪
a short-term ~ of the economy
▪ local
▪ official
▪ economic , financial , market , shipping ( BrE ) ( shipping news in AmE ) , weather
▪ cash-flow ( esp. BrE ), earnings , growth , inflation , profit , revenue , sales
VERB + FORECAST
▪ prepare , produce
▪ give , issue , make , provide
▪
The government has issued a pessimistic economic ~.
▪ revise , update
▪ lower , raise
▪
This week the company is expected to raise its revenue ~.
▪ rely on
▪ check
▪
Check the weather ~ before you set out.
▪ be in line with
▪
The interest rate is in line with the ~.
FORECAST + VERB
▪ call for sth ( AmE ), predict sth , say sth , suggest sth
▪
This morning's weather ~ called for snow.
▪
Some ~s suggest that the increase in heart disease will continue for some time.
▪ assume sth
▪ be based on sth
▪
~s based on a complicated procedure
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ about
▪
Forecasts about the economy are often misleading.
▪ ~ for
▪
~s for earnings in 2015
▪ ~ of
▪
~s of population growth
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ accurately , correctly
▪ originally , previously
▪
higher costs than those originally ~
VERB + FORECAST
▪ be difficult to , be hard to
Forecast is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ demand , ↑ future , ↑ rain , ↑ return , ↑ weather