97% — Will China inflation rate YoY for April 2026 be above 0.6%
Leader: Above 0.4% at 97% · Kalshi 97% · 12 contracts · $6K volume · medium confidence
Updated 2026-05-25 01:20:58 UTC

Tracks the leading outcome in a winner-take-all prediction market set with 12 outcomes.

Why this matters:
This measures whether China's year-over-year inflation rate for April 2026 will exceed 0.6%. Markets currently price this at 97%, indicating traders believe inflation is very likely to clear this threshold. The contract structure reveals confidence in low but positive inflation: markets give 93% odds for 0.4% inflation and 46% odds for 0.9%, suggesting expectations cluster in the 0.3–0.8% range. Resolution depends on China's National Bureau of Statistics releasing April CPI data, typically in early May. Key drivers include domestic demand recovery, food price movements, energy costs, and policy stimulus measures. The steep probability gradient across thresholds (97% at 0.1% down to 46% at 0.9%) indicates genuine uncertainty about whether inflation will remain subdued or accelerate toward 1%, rather than consensus on the outcome itself.

Key factors:
- April 2026 CPI release date and actual reported figure from China's National Bureau of Statistics determines final outcome
- Recent inflation trajectory through February–March 2026 would inform expectations about April's print
- Commodity price movements (oil, metals) between late March and April 2026 affect input costs and inflation momentum
- Policy stimulus or monetary tightening announced in Q1–Q2 2026 influences consumer and producer prices in reported period
- Food prices (seasonal agricultural supply) and energy costs typically drive 60–70% of YoY CPI variance in China

Contracts:
- Will China inflation rate YoY for April 2026 be above 0.4%?: Above 0.4% — 97¢ Kalshi $378 (weight 7%)
- Will China inflation rate YoY for April 2026 be above 0.6%?: Above 0.6% — 95¢ Kalshi $365 (weight 7%)
- Will China inflation rate YoY for April 2026 be above 0.7%?: Above 0.7% — 87¢ Kalshi $1K (weight 26%)
- Will China inflation rate YoY for April 2026 be above 0.8%?: Above 0.8% — 84¢ Kalshi $759 (weight 14%)
- Will China inflation rate YoY for April 2026 be above 1.0%?: Above 1.0% — 65¢ Kalshi $76 (weight 1%)
- Will China inflation rate YoY for April 2026 be above 0.9%?: Above 0.9% — 49¢ Kalshi $220 (weight 4%)
- Will China inflation rate YoY for April 2026 be above 1.1%?: Above 1.1% — 41¢ Kalshi $338 (weight 6%)
- Will China inflation rate YoY for April 2026 be above 0.3%?: Above 0.3% — 38¢ Kalshi $1K (weight 25%)
- ... and 4 more

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## Methodology

SimpleFunctions aggregates live YES-side prices from Kalshi and Polymarket contracts bound to this question. For binary topics the headline is the liquidity-weighted mid-price (weight = log(1 + 24h volume) × freshness, where freshness is 1.0 if updated <24h, 0.7 if <7d, 0.4 otherwise). For multi-outcome (winner-take-all) topics the headline is the current leader's price — disjoint outcomes are never arithmetically averaged. Snapshots refresh every 5 minutes during market hours.

## SF Signal

- SF Index, regime, and 30d Brier calibration are computed separately and surfaced at https://simplefunctions.dev/admin/calibration.
- No SimpleFunctions index / regime / calibration signal is bound to this topic yet — the headline above is market-derived only.

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*Last verified: 2026-05-12T00:50:29.072Z*

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