Prediction record

Misseconomy

A US recession begins by early 2024

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Misseconomy

the recession risk that I think is going to materialize at the end of this year or early next year

A US recession begins by early 2024

Made on
2023-10-02
Outcome
Miss
Importance
5 / 5
Contribution
+0.77

Criterion

Resolution status
resolved
Resolved on
2024-03-31

An NBER-recognized US recession (or two consecutive quarters of negative real GDP) begins on or before 2024-03-31.

No US recession began on or before 2024-03-31 under either the NBER definition or the two-negative-quarters proxy. Claim not met. NBER dating is retrospective, but the multi-year interval since has confirmed no recession was seated in this window.

Sources

  • Bitcoin: The Beauty of Mathematics (Part 39)

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    Source

Outcome evidence

  • The NBER Business Cycle Dating Committee has recognized no US recession beginning in late 2023 or early 2024; the most recent NBER peak/trough remains Feb 2020 / Apr 2020. No recession was declared on or before 2024-03-31.

    Evidence

  • The alternative criterion (two consecutive quarters of negative real GDP) was also not met: US real GDP grew through the window (Q4 2023 ~+3.4% and Q1 2024 positive), so no technical recession began by 2024-03-31.

    Evidence

Corrections

No public corrections.

Score contribution

+0.77
Confidence
65%
Outcome
Miss
Importance
5 / 5
Contribution
+0.77

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Provenance

A US recession begins by early 2024
Methodology version
v1.0.0
Last computed
July 18, 2026
Made on
2023-10-02

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