Anticipating the future is a long-standing human aspiration, which is why economic forecasts, whether from public or private institutions, invariably attract significant interest. These predictions are then compared, revealing differences, even if only by a few tenths, and the errors that occur.
It is, however, a truly complex exercise where the use and interpretation made of them is not always the most accurate. In fact, a projection is not necessarily better or worse because it is confirmed or not, and, in many cases, its main utility is to adopt the necessary measures to prevent its fulfillment.
