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German to English translations [PRO] Bus/Financial - Accounting / Profit & loss statement | |||||||
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Forecast Explanation: Hi Jennifer, I can only assume that the "FC" is short for "Forecast" here. I know "Forecast" is used in German within economics and it would certainly seem to make sense with what you mention about projected results. https://diyinvestor.de/forecast-wesentlicher-bilanzpositione... I think in English the choice is between either "forecast/s" or "estimates". Here: https://www.marketscreener.com/APPLE-4849/financials/ there are "actuals" an "estimates" columns. But "forecast" is certainly also used a lot, e.g. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-30/apple-sal... Hope this helps! -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 49 mins (2019-08-07 17:30:08 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Sorry I forgot this was in relation to profit and loss statements and as such "forceast" is definitely the preferred vocabulary, "profit and loss forecast" is a common term, for example. https://smallbusiness.co.uk/what-is-a-profit-and-loss-foreca... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 50 mins (2019-08-07 17:31:31 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- And one more to further the case for "forecast"! https://www.investopedia.com/articles/active-trading/022315/... |
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