I had to reproduce this letter, from today's Guardian, in full -

Your story about the chimp set me thinking (Report, 10 March). We are told that "forward planning takes considerable cognitive skills, because it requires an animal to envisage future events it will have to deal with". Perhaps we could borrow a few of these chimps to work in the FSA, the Bank of England, or the Treasury where their forecasting skills might come in useful.
Paul Twyman
Birchington, Kent