probability

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Traders were pricing in a 77.6% chance that the Fed will remain on hold in December, up from 76.3% on Thursday, while also seeing a small but increased probability of a rate hike by year-end.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

Lower Treasury yields could support markets, but crude oil at $150/barrel could raise recession probability to 30%.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Using a percentage chance of a violation of the rules, launch weather officers use a combination of meteorological and climatological data, local knowledge, and experience to forecast this probability.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

“Many thinkers,” Mr. Griffiths notes, have “had an interest in probability, whether they tried to understand the mind in terms of rules and symbols or networks, spaces, and features.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

“The probability of success went way down after I screwed up the last mission.”

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser