Alex Massie Alex Massie

Annals of Punditry

Lord knows, we all blunder from time to time. Still, this is pretty impressive:

“Each year, in my last Economic View before Christmas, I try to shed some light on economic events of the previous 12 months by comparing what has actually happened with expectations published here in early January. This year, even more than usual, reading back through January’s predictions has been a shock. Almost all have turned out to be wrong”. Anatole Kaletsky, The Times, 18/12/06.

“My last article of every year looks back on the predictions I made in early January to shed some light on the economic and financial events of the previous 12 months. This tends to be a humbling experience, and this year it is even more so than usual.” Anatole Kaletsky, The Times, 31/12/07.

“In the last Economic View every year, I look back at what I predicted in early January, to try to shed some light on the events of the previous 12 months.


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