Tag: Predictions

Mary Cohen, left, and ballot distributor Carol Scollan, right, help Marshall Solomon settle into a voting booth at precinct #83 at the Heritage Springs Clubhouse in Trinity, Florida, during the General Election, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

Finance and Economy

Where prediction markets stand hours before first returns

Zach Halaschak · November 5, 2024 5:44 pm

Wisconsin Democratic Party chairman warns likely ‘red mirage’ in election results will precede ‘blue shift’

Jenny Goldsberry · November 5, 2024 4:37 pm

Billionaire investors assess 2024 election in presidential race’s twilight hours

Asher Notheis · October 26, 2024 6:00 am

Nate Silver gives Trump 66% chance of winning election

Ross O'Keefe · June 26, 2024 4:13 pm

Trader Gregory Rowe, center, and specialist Peter Kennedy, right, check prices as they work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday, March 13, 2012. Strong February retail sales results drove U.S. stocks higher at the opening of trading.

Goldman slashes recession forecast again amid slowing inflation

Zach Halaschak · July 17, 2023 7:44 pm

FILE - This May 14, 2014 file photo shows former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaking in Washington. Clinton said Friday, the dream of upward mobility feels further and further out of reach for many Americans struggling in the economy. The potential 2016 Democratic presidential candidate offered her most extensive remarks on promoting economic growth since leaving the State Department. She pointed to the need to promote policies to help struggling workers and young Americans find jobs and get training.(AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

‘Make-or-break point’: Hillary Clinton predicts Trump will run in 2024

Misty Severi · December 11, 2021 12:12 am

Unemployment lines and signs from the coronavirus pandemic are placed side by side.

Goldman Sachs slashes growth forecast for 2021 and 2022

Zach Halaschak · October 11, 2021 4:01 pm

Economists lower third-quarter growth forecasts over delta variant as inflation runs hot

Zach Halaschak · September 9, 2021 7:25 pm

Mark Zandi is the de facto referee of Washington's roiling fiscal arguments. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Biden’s favorite economist has a bad track record on predictions, GOP economists say

Nihal Krishan · October 22, 2020 10:29 am

The USNS Mercy enters the Port of Los Angeles, Friday, March 27, 2020, in Los Angeles. The The 1,000-bed Navy hospital ship is expected to help take the load off Los Angeles area hospitals as they treat coronavirus patients. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.

Beltway Confidential

Coronavirus projections were wrong, which means they worked

Kaylee McGhee White · April 27, 2020 8:32 pm

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House, Monday, March 30, 2020, in Washington.

Fauci touts positive effect of social distancing and says death toll could be ‘more like 60,000’

Zach Halaschak · April 9, 2020 4:32 pm

Un trabajador mÃ©dico escribe en un tubo tras recoger una muestra de un paciente en un hotel utilizado para colocar a personas en cuarentena en Wuhan, en la provincia central de Hubei, China, el martes 4 de febrero de 2020.

Beltway Confidential

The latest coronavirus model should result in updated social distancing policies

Kaylee McGhee White · April 6, 2020 9:19 pm