Will the Federal Reserve cut interest rates in 2026? [ resolves 2026-12-31 (178D) ]
polymarket: [A] single source·objective outcome methodology ›
distribution · by outcome · marks: daily snapshot
polymarket 13 markets
| market | resolves | P(YES) | vol (24h) | vol (cum) | RCG | venue id | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Fed rate cuts | 2026-12-31 | 78.0% | $47K | $4.99M | A | 0xd4e77b…8527 | ||
| 1 Fed rate cut | 2026-12-31 | 13.0% | $20K | $1.48M | A | 0x5e082f…905c | ||
| 2 Fed rate cuts | 2026-12-31 | 3.8% | $28K | $1.45M | A | 0xe0d9f5…c1cd | ||
| 3 Fed rate cuts | 2026-12-31 | 2.0% | $7.1K | $1.29M | A | 0x8d4966…e67c | ||
| 4 Fed rate cuts | 2026-12-31 | 0.6% | $7.8K | $1.44M | A | 0xaece8d…c7c4 | ||
| 5 Fed rate cuts | 2026-12-31 | 0.4% | $6.4K | $1.66M | A | 0x7ee722…fd18 | ||
| 6 Fed rate cuts | 2026-12-31 | 0.4% | $14K | $2.92M | A | 0x4914bf…fe75 | ||
| 7 Fed rate cuts | 2026-12-31 | 0.3% | $5.9K | $2.34M | A | 0x2368d2…9a89 | ||
| 8 Fed rate cuts | 2026-12-31 | 0.3% | $30K | $2.30M | A | 0xfe28cb…8e52 | ||
| 9 Fed rate cuts | 2026-12-31 | 0.2% | $27K | $3.33M | A | 0x4ec6fc…248b | ||
| 10 Fed rate cuts | 2026-12-31 | 0.2% | $37K | $4.01M | A | 0x757c14…bc87 | ||
| 11 Fed rate cuts | 2026-12-31 | 0.2% | $34K | $4.01M | A | 0x1adf07…1ae3 | ||
| 12 or more Fed rate cuts | 2026-12-31 | 0.4% | $121K | $2.94M | A | 0xffa0ac…9c78 |
resolution architecture
| venue | proposer | source | citation | arbitration | class | analyst notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| polymarket | Whitelisted Proposers | not provided | link | Optimistic Oracle (UMA) | Other | — |
verbatim rules
polymarket
This market will resolve according to the exact amount of cuts of 25 basis points in 2026 by the Fed (including any cuts made during the December meeting).
Emergency rate cuts outside of scheduled FOMC meetings will also count toward the total number of cuts in 2026. This market will remain open until December 31, 2026, 11:59 PM ET, to account for any such emergency actions.
For example, if the Fed cuts rates by 50 bps after a meeting, it would be considered 2 cuts (of 25 bps each).
This market will resolve early to "No" if the specified number of cuts becomes impossible — i.e., if more cuts have already occurred than the strike in question.
Note that cuts between 1–24 bps (inclusive) will also be considered 1 rate cut.
The resolution source for this market will be FOMC statements after meetings scheduled in 2026 according to the official calendar: https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/fomccalendars.htm. The level and change of the target federal funds rate is also published at the official website of the Federal Reserve at https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/openmarket.htm.
platform source field
polymarket.description → https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/fomccalendars.htm sources (4) · single authority
- federalreserve.gov source of record venue-listed
- federalreserve.gov source of record venue-listed
- https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/fomccalendars.htm from rules text · editorial
- https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/openmarket.htm from rules text · editorial
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programmatic access · four surfaces, same payload
One canonical record at every surface — embedded JSON-LD, REST, MCP, and /llms.txt.
| HTML | browsers, AI grounded search, crawlers (embedded JSON-LD @type: Dataset) | https://clearmarket.fyi/events/how-many-fed-rate-cuts-in-2026/ |
| JSON | REST API for developers | https://api.clearmarket.fyi/v1/events/how-many-fed-rate-cuts-in-2026 |
| MCP | agentic AI tool call (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Continue) | clearmarket.get_event("how-many-fed-rate-cuts-in-2026") |
| AGENT | AI crawler discovery index | /llms.txt |
Snapshot 2026-07-06. Venue data via Kalshi + Polymarket APIs. Editorial fields (tags, editorial_notes) are ClearMarket-drafted with AI assistance under editorial review. Derived fields (venues_covered, resolution_clarity_grade, rcg_score) computed at serve time. Full per-field map in the JSON record under field_provenance.
raw JSON record · same payload returned by REST endpoint {
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