backward-looking
adjective
disapproving
: relating to the past : old-fashioned
backward-looking ideas/plans
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Still, investors shrugged off the backward-looking data as stocks suffered a second day of selloffs over sweeping new tariffs announced by President Donald Trump earlier this week.
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Max Zahn, ABC News, 4 Apr. 2025
State of play: The backward-looking data lately has been distinctly stagflationary.
—Neil Irwin, Axios, 30 Mar. 2025
The problem was that their approach to strategy was fundamentally backward-looking.
—Dev Patnaik, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
There are a few housing releases next week — new and pending home sales on Tuesday and Thursday, respectively — but as Jim often preaches, the ability of companies to provide real-time insights can in certain instances be more helpful than backward-looking reports.
—Kevin Stankiewicz,matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 23 Mar. 2025
The data officials in the U.S., Europe and Japan rely on to assess their respective economies is backward-looking and can't possibly reflect fallout from opaque trade policy.
—Courtenay Brown, Axios, 19 Mar. 2025
In my opinion, forward-looking data is just as important as, if not more important than, backward-looking data during some time periods.
—Chris Gunster, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Resume metrics are backward-looking and try to measure a team’s accomplishments.
—Jim Root, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
As wildfires became more frequent and more severe in the past few years, California regulators realized that the backward-looking model was no longer assessing the risk faced by homeowners and property insurers correctly.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
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Max Zahn, ABC News, 4 Apr. 2025
State of play: The backward-looking data lately has been distinctly stagflationary.
—Neil Irwin, Axios, 30 Mar. 2025
The problem was that their approach to strategy was fundamentally backward-looking.
—Dev Patnaik, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
There are a few housing releases next week — new and pending home sales on Tuesday and Thursday, respectively — but as Jim often preaches, the ability of companies to provide real-time insights can in certain instances be more helpful than backward-looking reports.
—Kevin Stankiewicz,matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 23 Mar. 2025
The data officials in the U.S., Europe and Japan rely on to assess their respective economies is backward-looking and can't possibly reflect fallout from opaque trade policy.
—Courtenay Brown, Axios, 19 Mar. 2025
In my opinion, forward-looking data is just as important as, if not more important than, backward-looking data during some time periods.
—Chris Gunster, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
Resume metrics are backward-looking and try to measure a team’s accomplishments.
—Jim Root, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
As wildfires became more frequent and more severe in the past few years, California regulators realized that the backward-looking model was no longer assessing the risk faced by homeowners and property insurers correctly.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
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“Backward-looking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/backward-looking. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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