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by the_watcher 2470 days ago
> has virtually never called a recession incorrectly since 1970.

"virtually never" also sounds like weasel words considering the total number of recessions.

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Also, what happened before 1970? Is it possible they're just overfitting here?
IIRC that's when the key inputs to all these recession indicators began to be collected.