xsd:string A Speaker states or makes known a future Eventuality on the basis of some Evidence. The Weather Centre predicted that it would be warmer but wet for the weekend. The OECD forecast that UK interest rates would be 13 per cent by the end of 1989. Another seer who forecast a Tory majority -- without compromising his impartiality -- was Sir Robin Day . The European market is forecast to grow 18.1% by the end of next fiscal year.