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Bloomberg News said his 2008 prediction for the index was the most accurate on the Street, but still off by some 46 percent, as the extent of the global meltdown took most economists by surprise.

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  1. noun Something that serves to guide, point out, or otherwise facilitate reference, especially:
  2. noun An alphabetized list of names, places, and subjects treated in a printed work, giving the page or pages on which each item is mentioned.
  3. noun A thumb index.
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  1. Middle English, forefinger, from Latin; see deik- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Formerly also indice (from F.); = French index, formerly indice = Spanish indice = Portuguese Italian indice, an index, from Latin index (indic-), a discoverer, informer, spy; of things, an indicator, the forefinger, a title, superscription; from indicare, point out, show: see indicate.
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