probability

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Markets are pricing in an 88% probability of the ECB raising rates by a quarter percentage point at its April meeting.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

On Friday, CME data showed a 10.1% probability that the Fed could raise its benchmark rate to 3.75% to 4%, compared with the 0.2% chance of such a hike that traders priced in on Thursday.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 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

Adding, we get 75/2i6 for the probability of exactly one 4 coming up on the three dice, and hence for the probability of your winning $1.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos