95% — Will government spending increase by 50000000000 before 2027
Leader: At least $1 billion at 95% · Kalshi 95% · 4 contracts · $0 volume · medium confidence
Updated 2026-09-23 07:08:38 UTC

Tracks the leading outcome in a winner-take-all prediction market set with 4 outcomes.

Why this matters:
This set of contracts measures the probability of various increases to U.S. government spending before the end of 2026. Market participants currently assess a 95% likelihood that spending will rise by at least $1 billion compared to baseline, but probabilities decline sharply at higher thresholds—dropping to 51% for a $400 billion increase. The pricing reflects uncertainty about fiscal policy decisions in the final months of 2026, including potential supplemental appropriations, year-end spending adjustments, and any emergency funding. Resolution depends on official Treasury and budget authority releases comparing actual 2026 spending to stated baselines. The near-zero trading volume across contracts suggests limited recent activity and pricing based on infrequent updates rather than active daily reassessment. Key drivers include Congressional budget negotiations, economic conditions affecting mandatory spending, and timing of fiscal-year closings.

Key factors:
- The steep probability decline from 95% ($1B) to 51% ($400B) indicates market uncertainty about magnitude; most traders view small increases as nearly certain but large increases as genuinely contested
- Zero 24-hour trading volume across all contracts suggests these prices reflect older consensus rather than active monitoring, making recent catalyst impact unclear
- The question resolves against actual government spending data releases from Treasury or OMB, which typically occur with a lag, creating ambiguity about exact timing and baseline comparison
- Mandatory spending (Social Security, Medicare, interest) is difficult to forecast precisely; discretionary spending changes depend on Congressional action that may not occur before year-end
- Time remaining until end-2026 is approximately 4.5 months, limiting windows for major spending bills or supplementals that would move higher-threshold probabilities

Contracts:
- Will government spending increase by 1000000000 before 2027?: At least $1 billion — 95¢ Kalshi $0 (weight 25%)
- Will government spending increase by 50000000000 before 2027?: At least $50 billion — 94¢ Kalshi $0 (weight 25%)
- Will government spending increase by 100000000000 before 2027?: At least $100 billion — 91¢ Kalshi $0 (weight 25%)
- Will government spending increase by 200000000000 before 2027?: At least $200 billion — 85¢ Kalshi $0 (weight 25%)

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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: 2026-09-23T05:20:50.988Z*

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Cite as: "95% per prediction markets (SimpleFunctions, September 2026)"
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