Machine Learning for Financial Forecasting, Planning and Analysis: Recent Developments and Pitfalls

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2107.04851v1
• Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2021 14:54:36 GMT
• Title: Machine Learning for Financial Forecasting, Planning and Analysis: Recent Developments and Pitfalls
• Authors: Helmut Wasserbacher and Martin Spindler
• Abstract summary: This article is an introduction to machine learning for financial forecasting, planning and analysis (FP&A) We review the current literature on machine learning in FP&A and illustrate in a simulation study how machine learning can be used for both forecasting and planning.
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• Abstract: This article is an introduction to machine learning for financial forecasting, planning and analysis (FP\&A). Machine learning appears well suited to support FP\&A with the highly automated extraction of information from large amounts of data. However, because most traditional machine learning techniques focus on forecasting (prediction), we discuss the particular care that must be taken to avoid the pitfalls of using them for planning and resource allocation (causal inference). While the naive application of machine learning usually fails in this context, the recently developed double machine learning framework can address causal questions of interest. We review the current literature on machine learning in FP\&A and illustrate in a simulation study how machine learning can be used for both forecasting and planning. We also investigate how forecasting and planning improve as the number of data points increases.

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