On June 2, 2014, the City Council of Seattle, Washington passed a local ordinance to increase the minimum wage of the city to $15 an hour, giving the city the highest minimum wage in the United States, which will be phased in over seven years, to be fully implemented by 2021.
For other uses, see Forecast (disambiguation). Forecasting is the process of making predictions of the future based on past and present data and most commonly by analysis of trends. A commonplace example might be estimation of some variable of interest at some specified future date. Prediction is a similar, but more general term.
Technique Overview. Financial Planning and Forecasting Definition. Financial Forecasting uses a set of techniques to determine the amount of additional financing a company will, or may, require in the future (Moyer et al., 2008). It can also be a useful approach for assessing a new venture's profitability (Longenecker et al., 2005).