Total Vehicle Sales Forecast Final Project Alexander Hardt Dr. Holmes Economic Forecasting 309-01W Summer II 8/6/2013 Executive Summary For this project I created a twelve month forecast for Total Vehicle Sales in the United States using four different methods. These four techniques are called exponential smoothing‚ decomposition‚ ARIMA‚ and multiple regression. To do so I picked one dependent (Y) variable along with two independent (X) variables and collected 80 monthly observations
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ISSUE 4/ JULY 2013 ISSN 2286-4822‚ www.euacademic.org IMPACT FACTOR: 0.485 (GIF) Bangladesh’s Balance of Payments: an Econometric Analysis M. S. RAHMAN CHOWDHURY Department of Economics Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University Trishal‚ Bangladesh Abstract: The study was conducted at the Department of Economics‚ University of Chittagong‚ Bangladesh between December 2010 and April 2011. Balance of payments plays the most important role in a country’s economy. As a developing country‚ Bangladesh
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ACC 235: Auditing EXHIBIT 4.53 Dunder-Mifflin‚ Inc.‚ Prior Year (Audited)‚ Forecast Current Year‚ Current Year Actual (Unaudited) Prior year Forecast Current Year Revenue and Expense: Sales (net) $9‚000‚000 $9‚900‚000 $9‚720‚000 Cost of Goods Sold 6‚296‚000 6‚926‚000 7‚000‚000 Gross Margin 2‚704‚000 2‚974‚000 2‚720‚000 General Expense 2‚044‚000 2‚000‚000 2‚003‚000 Depreciation 300‚000 334‚000 334‚000 Operating Income $360‚000 $640‚000 $383‚000 Interest
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Income Y Y Dividends declared (Z) (Z) Ending‚ date X Allowance for Doubtful Accounts | Beginning balance Write-offs | Bad debt expense | Ending balance Accounts Receivable Beginning balance | Write-offs Net Sales | Cash collections Ending balance | (3) Consolidated Balance Sheet ASSETS Current Assets Cash and cash equivalents Short-term investments Inventories Supplies Accounts receivable
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Why do forecasts fail? How do you recommend improving the results? What tools would you use? These are very important questions that you should ask yourself when making‚ monitoring‚ and updating a forecast. The answers to these questions will help you make a more accurate forecast or help you update or fix a forecast that may already be in place. Forecasts in their own nature are expected to have some type of error but with the correct techniques it can be measured and monitored. Some factors
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Year 9 Science SELF-EVALUATION – Term 1 For your continued development in Science it is important we set goals and evaluate our study behaviours and performance. Your honesty is much appreciated for the continued improvement in teaching and learning. Name: ______Zac Malone___________________ NOTE: 1 – Very Low 10 – Very High How hard did I work at achieving my science goal for term 1 1……………………3……………………………………………………………….……….10 Did I continually evaluate my study habits
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Production and Operation Management Part One: Multiple choices: 1. A plan of action designed to achieve a particular goal is: a. Tactic b. Strategy c. Financial benefits d. None of the above 2. It is important to develop mission statement for: a. Allocating organizational resources b. Provide useful criteria c. Company creed d. Customer orientation 3. The five forces model was developed by : a. Airbus b. Karin Larsson c. Michael E.Porter d. Boeing 4. How many elements are involve in developing in
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Homework 2 Solution Key Problem 1. Suppose that you sell short 500 shares of Intel‚ currently selling for $40 per share‚ and you give your broker $15‚000 to establish your margin account. Assume Intel pays no dividends. a) If you earn no interest on the funds in your margin account‚ what will be your rate of return after one year if Intel stock is selling at (i) $44; (ii) $40; (iii) $36? The gain or loss on the short position is 500 P . Invested funds are $15‚000. Therefore‚ your rate
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edocs are the most important issues for Guerster. These issues will directly influence his proportionate ownership of edocs. 3) What is ’liquidation preference/participation?’ Both in general‚ and specifically in the proposed term sheet. Compare the term sheet to M-Y: what type of security (CP‚ RP‚ PCP) is this? A liquidation preference tells an investor where she stands in the capital structure hierarchy. When there have been multiple rounds of investment‚ it is common for the latest-round
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Comparison and Contrast of Forecast Methods MGT 554 Operations Management University of Phoenix Professor Leonard Enger May 1‚ 2006 TABLE OF CONTENT Cover Page .1 Table of Contents ...2 Seasonal Forecasting ..3 Delphi Method 4 Technological Method 5 Time-series forecasting ...6 Company Forecasting Methods ..7 Conclusion ..8 References
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