What Is This Year's Forecast Using Trend Adjusted (Double) Smoothing

question 106

Short Answer

What is this year's forecast using trend adjusted (double) smoothing with alpha = 0.2 and beta = 0.1, if the forecast for last year was 56, the forecast for two years ago was 46, and the trend estimate for last year's forecast was 7?

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Definitions:

Interest Rate

The proportion of a loan charged as interest to the borrower, typically expressed as an annual percentage of the loan outstanding.

Consumption

The act of using goods and services for personal use, satisfaction, or to fulfill needs, playing a crucial role in economic theories concerning demand and spending.

Utility Function

A mathematical representation that ranks an individual's preferences over a set of goods and services, showing the level of satisfaction or utility those goods or services provide.

Interest Rate

The percentage of principal charged by the lender for the use of its money or the return earned on deposit funds.