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Forecast 310356d4 · published 2026-08-30
Around 8 job postings mentioning healthcare are expected the week of Sep 21–27, 2026 (likely range: 0–34, 80% coverage) — down from 221 the week of Aug 24–30, 2026.
Partially confirmed
What was claimed
The forecast
- Target period
- Sep 21–27, 2026
- Predicted mentions
- 8 job postings
- Direction
- ↓ Falling
- Method
- Linear trend fit with confidence interval
- Review by
- 2026-09-27
- Expires
- 2026-10-04
Confidence at publication
Early signal
What happened
Outcome
- Actual mentions
- 70 job postings
- Off by
- 62 postings
- Accuracy
- 12%
- Direction
- ✓ Called correctly
- Predicted range
- ✗ Actual fell outside it
Interval 0.0-34.4 missed the observed 70.0 (down) in 2026-W39; point estimate was 8.3 (down).
Observed history
healthcare — the series behind the fit
Jul 20–26, 2026: 0 mentionsJul 27–Aug 2, 2026: 4 mentionsAug 3–9, 2026: 2 mentionsAug 10–16, 2026: 1 mentionsAug 17–23, 2026: 10 mentionsAug 24–30, 2026: 186 mentions
How we know
Evidence
40+
Confidence
Early signal
Source diversity
3 sources
Last updated
2026-08-30
Reality validation
- Predicted
- 8.28
- Actual
- 70
- Accuracy
- 12%
- Direction
- called correctly
How this forecast was made
- Approach
- Linear trend fitted to recent weekly counts, with a range to account for uncertainty
- How far ahead
- 4 weeks
- Checked against reality by
- 2026-09-27
- Can it be edited?
- No — forecasts are locked at publication and scored as-is
Track record for healthcare
9 forecasts published, 3 scored, mean accuracy 24%.
Primary sources
Manager, Applications – ADF/ETL/AI2026-08-17job listing