Prediction markets already function as a live read on Fed policy.
The chart shows implied expected Fed cuts for 2025, Kalshi vs Polymarket, updated daily. The two venues move within a tight band of each other most of the year, with the widest gap opening up around April 2025. That gap, and how fast it closed, could be a signal.
Fed-related markets have already passed 2025’s full-year count, rising from 535 in 2025 to 822 so far in 2026. Notional volume is at $984M+ YTD, already 89% of 2025’s full-year total.
For a desk running its own rate view, that's a continuous cross-check sitting next to futures and swaps.
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