Prediction record

Hiteconomy

There will be no US recession in 2024

A scored record for Arthur Hayes, made on .

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Scored record

Hiteconomy

There ain't going to be a recession

There will be no US recession in 2024

Made on
2024-07-01
Outcome
Hit
Importance
5 / 5
Contribution
+4.77

Criterion

Resolution status
resolved
Resolved on
2024-12-31

The US does not enter a recession (NBER-defined, or two consecutive quarters of negative real GDP growth) during calendar year 2024.

Both the NBER-defined and the two-consecutive-negative-quarters tests are unambiguously not met — the US did not enter a recession in calendar 2024. Criterion 'no US recession in 2024' satisfied.

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Outcome evidence

  • BEA: real GDP grew every quarter of 2024 — Q1 +1.6% (later revised), Q2 +3.0%, Q3 +3.1%, Q4 +2.4% — with full-year 2024 real GDP up ~2.8%. No two consecutive quarters of negative growth.

    Evidence

  • NBER Business Cycle Dating Committee declared no recession for 2024 (no peak dated); the last NBER-dated recession ended April 2020.

    Evidence

Corrections

No public corrections.

Score contribution

+4.77
Confidence
85%
Outcome
Hit
Importance
5 / 5
Contribution
+4.77

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Provenance

There will be no US recession in 2024
Methodology version
v1.0.0
Last computed
July 5, 2026
Made on
2024-07-01

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