Forecasting in Economics and Business

This subject focuses on time series forecasting methods and their applications to business, finance, economics and marketing. Special emphasis will be given to core forecasting techniques with the widest applicability. Attention will be paid to modelling and forecasting trends and cycles. Topics may include forecasting regression models, leading indicators, exponential smoothing methods, ARIMA models, pooled forecast procedures and forecast evaluation. The subject is applications-orientated.