Back Quote by Robert J. Shiller

I don't read economic forecasts. I don't read the funny papers.

— Warren Buffett

Economists have allowed themselves to walk into a trap where we say we can forecast, but no serious economist thinks we can.

— Tim Harford

One of the soundest rules to remember when making forecasts in the field of economics is that whatever is to happen is happening already.

— Sylvia Porter

If I have noticed anything over these 60 years on Wall Street, it is that people do not succeed in forecasting what's going to…

— Benjamin Graham

We're not very good at forecasting, and we don't know how to measure the impact of economic policy.

— Edgar Fiedler

It is absurd to think that the general public can ever make money out of market forecasts.

— Benjamin Graham

Every morning you have the economic news from all over the world, from television, radio, the Internet, and an hour later the news changes…

— Costa-Gavras

Don't depend on recent or current figures to forecast future prices; remember that many others knew them before you did

— Irving Kahn

All economic forecasts are subject to considerable uncertainty. There is always a wide range of plausible outcomes for important economic variables, including the federal…

— Jerome Powell

When you have a perfect free market, it's difficult to predict the future. But when you have a market that is disturbed by government…

— Marc Faber

I'm an economist, I do a lot of forecasting, and I'm probably one of the most successful forecasters in terms of very specific kinds…

— Lyndon LaRouche

Economic history is a never-ending series of episodes based on falsehoods and lies, not truths. It represents the path to big money. The object…

— George Soros