26% — What will Fed Rate hit before 2027?:  ↓ 3.25%
Leader: ↓ 3.25% at 26% · Polymarket 26% · 20 contracts · $4K volume · medium confidence
Updated 2026-06-08 05:22:53 UTC

Tracks the leading outcome in a winner-take-all prediction market set with 20 outcomes.

Why this matters:
This contract predicts whether the federal funds rate will fall below 3.25% at any point before the end of 2026. The 51% probability indicates traders view a rate cut of roughly 75–100 basis points as moderately likely over the next seven months. The current assessment reflects tension between two scenarios: persistent inflation could keep rates elevated, while economic weakening or financial stress could force the Fed to cut faster than currently anticipated. The Fed's next policy decisions through December, along with inflation data and labor market conditions reported monthly, will drive movements. The key catalyst is the Fed's June 2026 meeting, where forward guidance will signal the committee's intent on the cutting trajectory.

Key factors:
- Current federal funds rate is approximately 4.25–4.5%; reaching 3.25% requires 100+ basis points of cumulative cuts within 7 months
- Recent inflation prints and core PCE readings determine whether the Fed has room to cut without reigniting price pressures
- Employment data and jobless claims suggest labor market slack; weaker numbers increase cut probability, stronger data supports higher-for-longer rates
- The 51% lead contract dominates volume, but the 23% runner-up indicates meaningful disagreement on whether cuts will occur at this magnitude
- Fed funds futures markets and FOMC forward guidance as of early June 2026 will be the primary price-discovery mechanism

Contracts:
- What will Fed Rate hit before 2027?:  ↓ 3.25% — 26¢ Polymarket $95 (weight 2%)
- What will Fed Rate hit before 2027?:  ↑ 4.25% — 16¢ Polymarket $2K (weight 48%)
- What will Fed Rate hit before 2027?:  ↑ 4.5% — 11¢ Polymarket $332 (weight 8%)
- What will Fed Rate hit before 2027?:  ↓ 3.0% — 8¢ Polymarket $289 (weight 7%)
- What will Fed Rate hit before 2027?:  ↓ 1.5% — 6¢ Polymarket $4 (weight 0%)
- What will Fed Rate hit before 2027?:  ↓ 1.75% — 6¢ Polymarket $0 (weight 0%)
- What will Fed Rate hit before 2027?:  ↑ 4.75% — 6¢ Polymarket $0 (weight 0%)
- What will Fed Rate hit before 2027?:  ↓ 2.75% — 5¢ Polymarket $32 (weight 1%)
- ... and 12 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

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- 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: 2026-06-08T05:20:08.797Z*

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