Handbook of Economic Forecasting : volume 2 part A The highly prized ability to make financial plans with some certainty about the future comes from the core fields of economics. In recent years the availability of more data analytical tools of greater precision and ex post studies of business decisions have increased demand for information about economic forecasting. Volumes 2A and 2B which follows Nobel laureate Clive Grangers Volume 1 (2006) concentrate on two major subjects. Volume 2A covers innovations in methodologies specifically macroforecasting and forecasting financial variables. Volume 2B investigates commercial a