ClaimsNouriel Roubini

“As I predicted in early September in an interview with Bloomberg”

Nouriel Roubini, economist, on X 27 October 2023 Post by @Nouriel on X, 2023-10-27 (X)

Prediction Economics and markets

US stocks could see a 10% correction (predicted in a Bloomberg interview in early September 2023).

Mostly false False in substance, right in a detail.

Prediction: Statements about events outside the person's control, checked once they fell due: did they come true?

What would count as true or false

This is a strongly hedged ('could') prediction that US stocks would see a 10% correction. Roubini says he made it in a Bloomberg interview in early September 2023. Judge through 2023-12-31. Measure the correction as the S&P 500's peak-to-trough decline in closing prices, from its 2023 high before the interview to its lowest close after the interview. Use the index he named in the interview if it was a different one. TRUE: a Bloomberg interview from early September 2023 shows him saying stocks could fall about 10%, and the index closed at least 10% below that peak by the horizon. MOSTLY TRUE: the interview is confirmed and the closing decline reached 9–10%, or reached 10% only intraday. MIXED: the interview is confirmed and the decline reached 7–9%. MOSTLY FALSE: the decline was under 7% but the prediction was made; or a decline of 10% or more happened but the September Bloomberg prediction cannot be confirmed in the form described. FALSE: the decline stayed under 5%, or the record of the interview shows he made no such call.

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Evidence (2)

  1. E1 Wall Street falls, pulling S&P 500 down 10% from its July peak Los Angeles Times (AP story) · 27 October 2023

    “Stocks stumbled on Wall Street on Friday, bringing the Standard & Poor’s 500 index 10% below the peak it reached in July and putting the benchmark index into what’s called a “correction.””
  2. E2 Stern in the News | September 19, 2023 NYU Stern School of Business · 19 September 2023

    “Professor Emeritus Nouriel Roubini interview: “Roubini Says BOE, ECB Must Raise Rates to Avoid Stagflation.””

Reasoning

E1 (AP, 2023-10-27) reports the S&P 500 fell 10% below its July peak, entering a correction, so a 10% decline occurred within the horizon. The only evidence of a Roubini interview in September 2023 (E2) is a 2023-09-19 listing headlined about BOE and ECB rate hikes. It does not mention a call for a 10% stock correction and does not clearly date it to early September. Under the criteria, a 10%+ decline with the September Bloomberg prediction unconfirmed in the described form resolves as mostly false.

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Nouriel Roubini, “US stocks could see a 10% correction (predicted in a Bloomberg interview in early September 2023).” (said 27 October 2023). Verdict: mostly false. Reliability API, claim c_67978649e870, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_67978649e870

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