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Prediction contradiction: economic forecasts fail check by accounts chamber

The Ministry of Economic Development seems no better at forecasting than Russia's weathermen. The Accounts Chamber has reviewed the ministry's 2009 economic forecast - and found it "unacceptably incorrect."

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Source: http://rt.com/prime-time/2010-08-27/accounts-chamber-economic-forecasts.html