66% — Will someone be nominated for a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors before Oct 1, 2026
Leader: Before Jan 1, 2028 at 66% · Kalshi 66% · 6 contracts · $120 volume · medium confidence
Updated 2026-07-12 23:59:59 UTC

Tracks the leading outcome in a winner-take-all prediction market set with 6 outcomes.

Why this matters:
This market estimates a 3% probability that someone will be nominated to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors before October 1, 2026—roughly two months from now. The extremely low probability reflects the tight timeframe: nominating a Fed governor is a formal process requiring presidential selection and public announcement. Currently, there are no announced vacancies on the Board expected before this date, and Fed governors typically serve 14-year terms. The probability increases substantially to 21% if the timeframe extends to January 2027 and 50% by April 2027, suggesting traders expect any near-term nomination to occur during the fall or winter rather than by early autumn. A sudden retirement announcement or vacancy would be the primary catalyst that could shift these odds significantly higher.

Key factors:
- No announced Board vacancies are currently scheduled for the period before October 1, 2026
- Federal Reserve governors serve 14-year fixed terms, creating predictable vacancy windows
- Presidential nominations require public announcement and typically follow strategic timing decisions by the White House
- Trading volume is concentrated in the April 2027 contract (50¢) versus the October 2026 contract (7¢), indicating traders assign most nomination probability to later periods
- Historical Fed nominations have occurred sporadically; there is no standing schedule forcing action by any specific date

Contracts:
- Will someone be nominated for a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors before Jan 1, 2028?: Before Jan 1, 2028 — 66¢ Kalshi $64 (weight 53%)
- Will someone be nominated for a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors before Oct 1, 2027?: Before Oct 1, 2027 — 61¢ Kalshi $28 (weight 23%)
- Will someone be nominated for a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors before Jul 1, 2027?: Before Jul 1, 2027 — 56¢ Kalshi $28 (weight 23%)
- Will someone be nominated for a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors before Apr 1, 2027?: Before Apr 1, 2027 — 53¢ Kalshi $0 (weight 0%)
- Will someone be nominated for a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors before Jan 1, 2027?: Before Jan 1, 2027 — 26¢ Kalshi $0 (weight 0%)
- Will someone be nominated for a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors before Oct 1, 2026?: Before Oct 1, 2026 — 10¢ Kalshi $0 (weight 0%)

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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

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*Last verified: 2026-07-12T23:20:49.812Z*

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