Fiscal cliff uncertainties make forecasting Carnival Corporaton's guidance a choppy endeavor
Skift Take
If the U.S. economy plunges over the fiscal cliff and consumer confidence ebbs, then Carnival Corp. may have to do a quick rewrite of the cruise company's financial guidance.
Carnival Corp. may want to throw a few politicians overboard -- over the fiscal cliff, that is.
The world's largest cruise company recently released its financial guidance for 2013, but officials sounded at wit's end when they spoke to analysts about the difficulties of forecasting as the company cited a shorter booking window; the upcoming, high-volume Wave system, and the uncertainties of the U.S. fiscal
