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Re:Economic and Market Data Signal a Recession Is Coming by bryanlarsen on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @04:32PM (#43259992)
Economists have predicted 9 of the last 5 recessions. -- Paul Samuelson

They've been pretty insistent over the last 5 years that a recession was coming any time now. It took a solidly competent administration to prevent the seemingly inevitable. We now have a new administration.

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Re:Economic and Market Data Signal a Recession Is Coming by voisin on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @05:17PM (#43260411)
I think it is fair to see that there has been a lot more extraordinary noise in the economy (COVID, money printing, interest rates escalating at historically fast rates, etc), such that their models might not be as effective as more normal times.
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