Business & Finance: Forecast-of-the-Week

Said Dun & Bradstreet: "During the week there was a complete transformation of sentiment as the hopes for a rather far-removed improvement were replaced by a realization that the immediate future is to bring the sharpest rise that has been witnessed in business in the past quarter of a century."

Said Dun & Bradstreet several days later in a hasty disclaimer: "No significant information justified the inadvertent and unauthorized departure from our policy of not making predictions as to the future business trend."

...

Want the full story?

Subscribe Now

Subscribe
Subscribe

Learn more about the benefits of being a TIME subscriber

If you are already a subscriber sign up — registration is free!