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Will the U.S. enter a recession by July 1, 2019?

25%chance

25%chance

ResolvedNo

ResolvedNo

The community gave this a 25% chance, and it resolved No.

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Opened:

Aug 24, 2018

Closes:

Jan 1, 2019

Resolved:

Oct 30, 2019

Spot Scoring Time:

Aug 24, 2018

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