economic outlook
- noun
- /ˌiːkəˈnɑːmɪk ˈaʊtˌlʊk/
- No wonder 57% of voters have recently rated the economic outlook as being better!
Examples
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"Uncertainties about the economic outlook are unusually high right now," he said.
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Europe's debt woes have been blamed for the sharp deterioration in the global economic outlook over the last few months.
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The report contains much more information about both the budget and the economic outlook.
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Unfortunately, we are heading into a bad economic outlook from what I can see.
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A quarter of this age group said they were worried about the bleak economic outlook.
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Or they might fail to diversify into global markets where the economic outlook might be better than at home.
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So there are efforts to improve educational attainment and change the economic outlook for so many otherwise abandoned communities.
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Guatemala is considered a country with a promising economic outlook that has made progress in achieving institutional stability after a prolonged civil war.
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Three years into the recovery, the economic outlook is improving as economic growth is stabilizing and job creation is gradually accelerating.
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The recent report predicted a positive economic outlook for the next quarter, based on strong consumer spending.
Synonyms
A statement that says what will probably happen, for example the weather or business
An estimate of a future result based on past and present data
How Optimistic
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'likely future state of the economy' is directly derivable from combining 'economic' (relating to the economy) with 'outlook' (an expectation or forecast). This is a straightforward, compositional noun phrase common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words should understand the MWE.
Etymology
Economic outlook may come from the simple image of looking out from a window or a hill to see what is coming; here outlook is the view ahead and economic shows the view is about money, jobs and business. So it means 'the likely future state of the economy'.