Prediction record

Misseconomy

A US recession begins in H2 2023 or by early 2024, becoming visible in the economic data.

A scored record for Benjamin Cowen, made on .

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Scored record

Misseconomy

I think we likely get a recession in either the second half of the year or the early part of 2024

A US recession begins in H2 2023 or by early 2024, becoming visible in the economic data.

Made on
2023-05-14
Outcome
Miss
Importance
5 / 5
Contribution
-1.4

Criterion

Resolution status
resolved
Resolved on
2024-03-31

NBER dates a US recession with a peak in H2 2023, OR two consecutive quarters of negative real GDP growth occur, on or before 2024-03-31.

Criterion written with an OR; both branches failed by the deadline (no NBER peak dated with an H2-2023 peak, and no two consecutive negative real-GDP quarters). Clean resolution against the claim. resolved_on set to the deadline, the point by which both conditions were determinably unmet.

Sources

  • Bitcoin and the Yield Curve

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    Source

Outcome evidence

  • The NBER Business Cycle Dating Committee has NOT declared any economic peak (recession start) since the April 2020 trough; no recession with a peak in H2 2023 was dated on or before the deadline. The US remained in the ongoing expansion.

    Evidence

  • US real GDP grew in every quarter of 2023 (BEA/FRED): no two consecutive quarters of negative real GDP growth occurred in H2 2023 or Q1 2024. Both limbs of the criterion (NBER peak OR two negative quarters) were unmet by 2024-03-31.

    Evidence

Corrections

No public corrections.

Score contribution

-1.4
Confidence
80%
Outcome
Miss
Importance
5 / 5
Contribution
-1.4

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Provenance

A US recession begins in H2 2023 or by early 2024, becoming…
Methodology version
v1.0.0
Last computed
July 18, 2026
Made on
2023-05-14

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