Current probability of recession
Because of a two-month delay in the availability of the manufacturing and trade sales series, the probabilities of recession are also available only with a two-month delay.*** The most recent probability of recession from the DFMS model is for May 2011, which uses information up to August 2011.The probability that the U.S.economy is in a recession as of May 2011 is 21.8 percent.[Emphasis added]
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