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FORECASTER
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Th e BudgetFor ecastermo
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e gives yo u a proje
cti
on o f your ant ic ip ated
expend itures
ove
r a sele
ct
ed period o f
tim
e. Th e p ro ject io n is based on the infor-
m atio n you have e ntered in to yo ur data base ov er t he past seve ralmon th s. It is
im po rtantthat you create a
dat
a ba se o ftwo mo nth s or
mo
re in o rder toobta in a
signif ic ant forecast
of
your person al f ina nces a ndbudget (t he mo re data yo u ca n
p rov ide, the m or e acc u rate yo ur for ecast w ill be).
The forecasts are pres
ent
ed t o yo u in o ne of th ree w ays:
• Th rou gh A
VERAGING
yo ur p rev iou s expe nses and spending h
abit
sand pro-
ject ing t hem
int
o t he mon th s ahead
• By esta bl ishing a
TREND
o f yo ur expe nses and spending habi t s and
forecastingthesame intothe nea r futur e
• By fo
rmul
atin
g SEASONAL expense s a nd spending habits, andproj e
cti
ng
th em ahead o n a seaso nal basis
O nce yo uhave est ablished t he typ e
of
fo recast
yo
u w ant fo r a selec ted c atego ry,
yo uwill have acho ic e
of
how yo uwant the fo recast present ed:
• Th rou gh a bar chart
• Via a listing on your television screen
•In the hard cop y o
ff
yo ur pri nter (this w il l re
qui
re th at apri nter be
co nnec te d to yo ur ATA RI 800 Personal Com pute r System)
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