FOMC Polymarket Odds: A Rate Hold Regains the Edge in October Pricing
Polymarket pricing on the October 27-28 Federal Reserve meeting moved from favoring a 25-basis-point hike to favoring no change over the same week. Across the six updates, the hold side ranged from 57% to 66%, while hike odds fell from the mid-60s to the mid-30s or low-40s. The shift left the October decision unresolved, with some coverage also noting attention to later meetings or to Bitcoin.
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What it means
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What has changed in practice is the market’s balance on the October 27-28 decision: earlier snapshots had a hike in front, and later snapshots put no change ahead. What has not changed is that the contract still leaves both outcomes active, and one update also kept an eye on higher cumulative hike odds by December. That means the October contract is still a pricing screen, not a settled policy outcome.
Market reaction
The move was larger before the first headline than after. That is an observation, not an explanation: the market also moves on things nobody publishes.
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What Federal funds rate has done before
| When | What happened | Figure |
|---|---|---|
| 2 months ago | Federal funds rate: 3.75 (+0.12) rise | Sep 2026 |
| 3 months ago | Federal funds rate: 3.63 no change | Aug 2026 |
| 4 months ago | Federal funds rate: 3.63 no change | Jul 2026 |
| 5 months ago | Federal funds rate: 3.63 no change | Jun 2026 |
| 6 months ago | Federal funds rate: 3.63 (-0.01) fall | May 2026 |
FRED series, with the value of each release and its change.
What could happen next
What the prediction markets currently price as likely. This is context, not a forecast of ours: there is money on it, and that is all we show.