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# A straight-line estimation method where the estimated result lies beyond the range spanned by two or more known data points.
''Fair value accounting. ''
# More generally, any estimation method where the estimated result lies beyond the range spanned by two or more known data points.  (Not necessarily using straight-line methods of estimation.)


Unobservable valuation inputs are valuation inputs:


Extrapolation is generally a less reliable estimation method than Interpolation.
#For which market data are not available and
#That are developed using the best information available about the assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability.


Extrapolation can be particularly unreliable when historical trends - for example historic growth rates - are projected into future periods for planning purposes.


== See also ==
==See also==
* [[Approximation]]
*[[Fair value]]
* [[Interpolation]]
*[[IFRS 13]]
* [[CAGR]]
*[[Observable valuation inputs]]
*[[Valuation inputs]]
 
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Revision as of 20:09, 27 June 2022

Fair value accounting.

Unobservable valuation inputs are valuation inputs:

  1. For which market data are not available and
  2. That are developed using the best information available about the assumptions that market participants would use when pricing the asset or liability.


See also