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The Survey of Professional Forecasters (SPF) is a quarterly survey of macroeconomic forecasts for the economy of the United States issued by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. It is the oldest such survey in the United States. The survey includes an "anxious index" that estimates the probability of a decline in real GDP. [1]
The Certified Financial Planner certification is a professional certification mark for financial planners conferred by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards (CFP Board) [1] in the United States, and by 25 other organizations affiliated with the Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB), [2] the owner of the CFP mark outside of the United States.
The Certified Corporate FP&A Professional, or "FPAC", [25] is a designation conferred by the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP), known for their CTP treasury qualification covered below. The FPAC syllabus is over two exams: the first 3-hour paper, covers underlying knowledge of financial planning and analysis ; the second 4.5 hour ...
ASPE is the American Society of Professional Estimators. It was founded in 1956 [1] by about 20 cost estimators in Los Angeles, California. [2] In 1974, there were 10 chapters totalling 600 members. By 1977, there were 23 chapters totalling 1500 members.
The paper noted: "The publisher of Blue Chip Economic Indicators, a monthly newsletter compiling dozens of professional economic forecasts, holds an annual dinner at which the most accurate forecaster for the previous year is honored. The winning forecaster is also identified in later issues of the newsletter." [4]
The ECB Survey of Professional Forecasters has been the subject of some academic research, including a 2013 paper considering whether there was a better way of combining the forecasts than simply taking the average.
We continue with our offseason content calendar with an absolute banger of an episode. Dalton Del Don joins Matt Harmon to identify 16 fantasy offseason questions we have for all 16 NFC teams.
The Economist reports that superforecasters are clever (with a good mental attitude), but not necessarily geniuses. It reports on the treasure trove of data coming from The Good Judgment Project, showing that accurately selected amateur forecasters (and the confidence they had in their forecasts) were often more accurately tuned than experts. [1]