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by JumpCrisscross 513 days ago
> shaky assumptions like a regression to the mean over 6 quarters, which isn’t accurate when it matters most

For most second- or third-order effects, this isn’t a bad assumption. When you’re putting a 25% tariff on your largest trading partner into an economic model, you’re already in EVT territory—the central tendency is less relevant than the ranges.