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What’s MAPE, and when is it the wrong forecast accuracy metric?

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Your FP&A team uses MAPE to grade revenue forecasts. A product director complains the MAPE makes her small emerging-market line look worse than the US core. Explain MAPE, what’s going on, and what you’d recommend instead.

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