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The US government will not have defaulted by the end of 2013.

Created by Peter Hurford on 2013-01-15; known on 2014-01-01; judged right by PseudonymousUser on 2014-01-01.

  • Peter Hurford estimated 99% on 2013-01-15
  • RandomThinker estimated 80% on 2013-01-15
  • Tuxedage estimated 99% on 2013-01-15
  • Cy Fleming estimated 100% on 2013-01-15
  • Cy Fleming estimated 99% on 2013-01-15
  • alecbrooks estimated 98% and said “Given the AAA and AA+ ratings and how cheap debt is…on 2013-01-16
  • dhoe estimated 95% on 2013-01-16
  • Michael Dickens estimated 98% on 2013-01-21
  • simplicio estimated 99% on 2013-01-21
  • Osuniev estimated 85% and said “Alas…on 2013-01-24
  • ChristianKl said “How do we define “default” here? Does defaulting on a few obligations because congress doesn’t raise the debt limit count?on 2013-01-24
  • procran estimated 99% on 2013-01-28
  • najdorf estimated 99% on 2013-02-06
  • dimitry12 estimated 100% and said “Will never happen.on 2013-10-07
  • adbge estimated 100% on 2013-10-07
  • PseudonymousUser estimated 100% on 2013-11-17
  • JoshuaZ estimated 100% on 2013-11-17
  • PseudonymousUser   judged this prediction right on 2014-01-01.