probability
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The economists in the survey put the probability of a recession in the next 12 months at 33%, up just a bit from the 27% probability they saw in January.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
"What we're trying to point out in this paper is that you could have a different kind of environmental dependence, even if the annihilation probability is constant in the center of the galaxy," explains Krnjaic.
From Science Daily • Apr. 10, 2026
But the smoothness of this mission - from launch to lunar flyby - has shifted the probability in the right direction.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
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
Ben shared Charlie and Jamie’s view that people, and markets, tended to underestimate the probability of extreme change, but he took his thinking a step further.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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