State of the economy at the end of 2026? [ resolves 2027-01-13 (162D) ]
kalshi: [A] single source·objective outcome methodology ›
distribution · by outcome · marks: daily snapshot
kalshi 4 markets
| market | resolves | P(YES) | vol (24h) | vol (cum) | RCG | venue id | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State of the economy at the end of 2026 | 2027-01-13 | 61.7% | — | $11K | A | KXECONPATH-26-SOFT | ||
| State of the economy at the end of 2026 | 2027-01-13 | 29.5% | $61 | $2.5K | A | KXECONPATH-2…EAT | ||
| State of the economy at the end of 2026 | 2027-01-13 | 9.0% | $3 | $2.4K | A | KXECONPATH-26-STAG | ||
| State of the economy at the end of 2026 | 2027-01-13 | 3.1% | — | $120 | A | KXECONPATH-2…ACK |
resolution architecture
| venue | proposer | source | citation | arbitration | class | analyst notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kalshi | Exchange Staff | Federal Reserve Economic Data | link | Kalshi Staff | Other | — |
verbatim rules
kalshi
If the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the unemployment rate (U-3) is At least 5% and CPI-U (All items) 12-month percent change is at least 3.5% in Dec 2026, then the market resolves to Yes.
The market closes at 8:25 AM on the day of the expected release of the inflation data for Dec 2026.
platform source field
kalshi.settlement_sources → "Federal Reserve Economic Data" ↗ sources (3) · single authority
Federal Reserve Economic Data venue-listed Federal Reserve Economic Data venue-listed Bureau of Labor Statistics committed source
recent wire items
- End-of-2026 economy outlook builds a premium on Kalshi Polymarket 27% vs Kalshi 33%
- Kalshi prices a positive economy outcome at 33%, Polymarket at 27%, a 6pp spread
- Kalshi is the higher-priced venue; Polymarket holds roughly twice Kalshi's cumulative volume on this claim
- Audience and resolution-criteria differences likely drive the gap, subjective economy grading leaves room for platform-specific interpretations to diverge
- Resolves based on an agreed assessment of U.S. economic conditions at end of 2026
- Economy-in-recession odds carry a premium on Kalshi heading into year-end Polymarket 27% vs Kalshi 34%
- Kalshi prices a recession/poor economy outcome at 34%, Polymarket at 27%, a 7pp gap
- Kalshi is higher on ~$10K volume; Polymarket lower on ~$47K volume
- Polymarket's larger pool and tighter crowd may reflect cleaner resolution criteria alignment
- Resolution hinges on the specific economic-state definition each platform applies at year-end 2026
- End-of-2026 recession odds back higher on the smaller venue Polymarket 23% vs Kalshi 29%
- Kalshi prices a poor economic outcome at 29%, Polymarket at 23%, a 6pp gap on the same year-end resolution.
- Kalshi is higher; Polymarket holds roughly six times the liquidity at $47K vs Kalshi's $8.4K.
- Divergence likely reflects different question wording or outcome-bucket definitions across venues rather than a true crowd disagreement.
- Resolution hinges on how each platform operationalizes 'state of the economy', wording ambiguity is the primary spread driver here.
- U.S. economy outlook diverges modestly across venues Polymarket 19% vs Kalshi 25%
- Kalshi prices the adverse outcome at 25%, Polymarket at 19%, a 6pp gap
- Kalshi is the higher venue; Polymarket leads on liquidity at $43K+ vs under $8K on Kalshi
- The narrower spread suggests rough consensus, but claim ambiguity around 'state of economy' resolution criteria may be driving residual disagreement
- Resolution likely depends on an official or designated economic indicator reading at year-end 2026
- Economy-in-recession call builds a premium across venues Polymarket 20% vs Kalshi 27%
- Kalshi prices recession outcome at 27%, Polymarket at 20%, a 7pp spread
- Kalshi is the higher venue; Polymarket carries roughly six times the cumulative volume at ~$43K vs ~$8K
- Ambiguous resolution criteria, 'state of economy' may be scored differently across venues, likely explains the persistent gap
- Resolution typically tied to official GDP or NBER recession designation by a set date
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/kxeconpath-26/ |
| JSON | REST API for developers | https://api.clearmarket.fyi/v1/events/kxeconpath-26 |
| MCP | agentic AI tool call (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Continue) | clearmarket.get_event("kxeconpath-26") |
| AGENT | AI crawler discovery index | /llms.txt |
Snapshot 2026-08-04. 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 {
"event_id": "CM-EVT-ZRG5DFDMZ8",
"slug": "kxeconpath-26",
"question": "State of the economy at the end of 2026?",
"category": "economics",
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"economics",
"economic-outlook",
"macro-assessment",
"eoy-2026",
"resolution-2027",
"subjective-judgment"
],
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],
"market_count": 4,
"cumulative_volume_usd": 16491,
"resolution_clarity_grade": "A",
"rcg_score": 96,
"rcg_caps": [],
"resolution_source": "Federal Reserve Economic Data",
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"source_status": "platform_named",
"source_of_record": "Bureau of Labor Statistics",
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},
{
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"url": "https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CPIAUCSL",
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},
{
"name": "Bureau of Labor Statistics",
"url": null,
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}
],
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"proposer_model": "platform_staff",
"field_provenance": {
"question": {
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},
"tags": {
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"ai_drafted": true
},
"resolution_clarity_grade": {
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"method": "rcg_v2_7factor"
},
"venues_covered": {
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}
}
}