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.
For related topics, see Forecasting. Economic forecasting is the process of making predictions about the economy. Forecasts can be carried out at a high level of aggregationâfor example for GDP, inflation, unemployment or the fiscal deficitâor at a more disaggregated level, for specific sectors of the economy or even specific firms. 1 Overview.