This thoroughly revised second edition of an upper-level undergraduate/graduate text describes many major techniques of forecasting used in economics and business. This is the only time series book to concentrate onthe forecasting of economic data and to cover such a broad range of topics.

Key Features
* Explains how to specify and evaluate simple models from the time series and econometric approaches
* Places special emphasis on the information that is derived from the evaluation and combinations of forecasts
* Discusses the topics of technological and population forecasting
* Includes an expanded chapter on regression techniques
* Presents a practical forecasting project which runs throughout the text
* Includes an appendix on basic statistical concepts