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February Recession Model Forecast a Surprise

The following article updates the diffusion index, recession slack index, aggregate recession model, and aggregate peak-trough model through February 2013.

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U.S. Recession Risk Still Low in January

The following article updates the diffusion index, recession slack index, aggregate recession model, and aggregate peak-trough model through January 2013. If you are new to Trader Edge and would like some additional background on the development of the Trader Edge … Continue reading

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U.S. Recession Risk Drops Sharply in December

The following article updates the diffusion index, recession slack index, aggregate recession model, and aggregate peak-trough model through December 2012. If you are new to Trader Edge and would like some additional background on the development of the Trader Edge … Continue reading

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A New Recession Slack Indicator

I introduced the topic of recession forecasting in late October.  I have since developed several recession forecasting tools that I created by applying probit, logit, and neural network models to a diffusion index of economic and market-related variables.  This article … Continue reading

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U.S. Recession Risk Jumps 20% in November

I introduced the topic of recession forecasting in late October and have since developed several recession forecasting tools that I created by applying probit, logit, and neural network models to a diffusion index of economic and market-related variables.  If you … Continue reading

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Forecasting Recessions is Easier than Modeling Asset Prices

In a recent post titled “ECRI Betrayed by Their Own Index,” I noted the apparent inconsistency between the Economic Cycle Research Institute’s (ECRI) current recession call and the recent strength of ECRI’s proprietary weekly leading indicators series. In response to … Continue reading

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