backward-looking
adjective
disapproving
: relating to the past : old-fashioned
backward-looking ideas/plans
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Mortgage rates rebounded following the Fed’s rate announcement on Wednesday, and investors are going to be far more focused on figuring out what that means for home sales and affordability going forward than what’s in this backward-looking release.
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Zev Fima, CNBC, 22 Dec. 2024
Which is why performance management needs to move from a backward-looking evaluation process to a forward-thinking tool.
—Nirit Cohen, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
This can shift the focus of reviews from being 70% to 80% backward-looking to 70% to 80% forward-looking, highlighting risks and opportunities.
—Ruchir Nath, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
Our method isn’t just backward-looking – it can be used to forecast future shortsighted cuts to marketing spending.
—Andre Martin, The Conversation, 19 July 2024
Loan forgiveness has been criticized by many as backward-looking policy.
—Ryan Craig, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
Granted, the data doesn’t perfectly align because the CPI is a backward-looking, year-over-year value, while the TIPS inflation expectations are forward-looking and show the average inflation expectation over the next five years.
—Chris Gunster, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
Write-downs are backward-looking indicators, but the immediate future doesn’t look particular happy either.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024
This was going to be a backward-looking campaign in one way or another.
—Washington Post Live, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
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Zev Fima, CNBC, 22 Dec. 2024
Which is why performance management needs to move from a backward-looking evaluation process to a forward-thinking tool.
—Nirit Cohen, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
This can shift the focus of reviews from being 70% to 80% backward-looking to 70% to 80% forward-looking, highlighting risks and opportunities.
—Ruchir Nath, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
Our method isn’t just backward-looking – it can be used to forecast future shortsighted cuts to marketing spending.
—Andre Martin, The Conversation, 19 July 2024
Loan forgiveness has been criticized by many as backward-looking policy.
—Ryan Craig, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
Granted, the data doesn’t perfectly align because the CPI is a backward-looking, year-over-year value, while the TIPS inflation expectations are forward-looking and show the average inflation expectation over the next five years.
—Chris Gunster, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
Write-downs are backward-looking indicators, but the immediate future doesn’t look particular happy either.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024
This was going to be a backward-looking campaign in one way or another.
—Washington Post Live, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
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