What is the difference between predict and forecast in ARIMA?

Arima calls stats::arima for the estimation, but stores more information in the returned object. It also allows some additional model functionality such as including a drift term in a model with a unit root. forecast calls stats::predict to generate the forecasts. It will automatically handle the drift term from Arima.

ARIMA models, also called Box-Jenkins models, are models that may possibly include autoregressive terms, moving average terms, and differencing operations . Various abbreviations are used: When a model only involves autoregressive terms it may be referred to as an AR model.

ARIMA is an acronym for “autoregressive integrated moving average.” It’s a model used in statistics and econometrics to measure events that happen over a period of time . The model is used to understand past data or predict future data in a series.