probability
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The "Fed meeting sees the swaps market implying a 92% probability of a hike, with 50 basis points of cumulative tightening assumed by year-end", said Chris Weston at Pepperstone.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
"In that framework, gluons inside a nucleus partially overlap and obscure each other -- similar to layers of clouds blocking sunlight -- reducing the probability of certain particle production processes," he said.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
These models don’t make decisions; they carry out millions of probability calculations and pick the best one to answer the prompts they’re given.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
The probability that inflation will be meaningfully above the Fed’s target in 12 to 18 months is now higher than the probability that inflation will converge back to the central bank’s 2% target, Musalem said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
It’s natural to think that if the number of men is very large, this probability should be quite small.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
On TV, augmented reality was used to display athlete headshots, win probabilities and projected finishing positions for each event.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Fundamental particles such as electrons are instead described by a "wavefunction," a mathematical representation that researchers can use to calculate the probabilities of properties such as position and momentum.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
Although you might find even that high a probability to be alarming, you should know that the average of those probabilities over the last five years has been 26%.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
Some near-term positives remain, “with LNG demand at just over 18 Bcf a day and bargain hunting buyers believing upside value probabilities outweigh the downside at these price levels,” he adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Both sensed that people, and by extension markets, had difficulty attaching the appropriate probabilities to highly improbable events.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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