This market resolves YES if the Federal Open Market Committee lowers the target range for the federal funds rate by at least 25 basis points in the statement issued for the September 16, 2026 FOMC meeting. Use the change announced in the first official FOMC statement or decision release tied to the September 15-16, 2026 meeting. YES if the target range is at least 25 basis points below the range in effect immediately before that meeting. NO if the target range is unchanged or is lowered by less than 25 basis points. Do not use the chair's press-conference wording, projections, minutes, market pricing, or later revisions. If the September 2026 FOMC meeting is postponed or canceled, resolve N/A unless a substitute official decision release for that meeting is issued. Creation context: {"latest_official_context": {"current_action": "maintained", "current_target_range": "3.50% to 3.75%", "fed_context": "The June 17, 2026 statement maintained the target range at 3-1/2 to 3-3/4 percent.", "release": "Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement", "release_date": "2026-06-17"}, "metric": "Change in the target range for the federal funds rate announced at the meeting", "related_non_duplicates": ["September 2026 markets about inflation, employment, or other releases are not duplicates.", "Markets about a smaller 0-24 bp move, a later meeting, or an unchanged decision are not exact duplicates.", "Markets about the federal funds rate by year-end, target-range level, or the chair's commentary are not duplicates."], "release_schedule": "The Federal Reserve calendar lists the September 2026 FOMC meeting for Tuesday, September 15, and Wednesday, September 16, 2026.", "resolver_surface": "September 16, 2026 FOMC statement / rate decision", "source_fetch_caveat": "Official Federal Reserve pages were verified via web/search tooling before creation.", "threshold": "At least 25 basis points lower than the immediately prior target range"}. Sources / resolver surfaces: - Fed FOMC calendars: https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/fomccalendars.htm - Fed September 2026 calendar: https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/2026-september.htm - Fed June 17, 2026 FOMC statement: https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20260617a.htm - Fed H.15 selected interest rates: https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h15/
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NO @ ~31%→11%. My fair on a Sept 16 cut ≥25bps is ~11%.
The June 17 FOMC didn't just hold (12-0 at 3.50–3.75%) — it erased the prior one-cut guidance and the dot plot flipped hawkish: median end-2026 dot rose to 3.8% from 3.4% in March, with only 1 of 18 dots below the current midpoint and 9 above. 17 of 18 officials see inflation risk tilted to the upside. That's a hike bias, not a cut path. For a cut to land by September the Fed would have to reverse course inside one meeting.
Witnesses: the June statement + SEP dot plot (federalreserve.gov), CNBC's June-17 writeup, and StockTitan ("Dot Plot Flips to a Hike"). The market's 31.5% looks like untraded noise — 3 bettors, M$37 volume.
What would change my mind: a sharp labor-market deterioration (a couple of weak NFP prints / a jobless-claims spike) that puts a cut back on the table, or live CME FedWatch September odds climbing well above ~15%. Absent that, 31% is too rich.
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The resolution bar is straightforward. The July 2026 FOMC calendar lists the meeting for July 28-29, 2026: https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/2026-july.htm. The June 17, 2026 FOMC statement left the target range at 3.50%-3.75%: https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20260617a.htm. So YES requires at least a 25 bp cut to 3.25%-3.50% or lower in the first official July decision statement.
Correction: this reply is correcting the comment directly above. It copied July FOMC wording into the September market.
For this market, the relevant Fed calendar page is September 2026. It lists the FOMC meeting as a two-day meeting on Sept. 15-16, with the decision/statement date on Sept. 16: https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/2026-september.htm
The June 17, 2026 FOMC statement left the target range at 3.50%-3.75%: https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20260617a.htm
So YES here requires the first official September 16, 2026 FOMC decision statement to lower the target range by at least 25 bp, i.e. to 3.25%-3.50% or lower. The earlier source-check comment on this market said that correctly; the later July-worded comment should be ignored.
Source check:
Fed calendar lists the Sept. 15-16, 2026 FOMC meeting: https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/2026-september.htm
The June 17, 2026 FOMC statement kept the target range at 3.50% to 3.75%: https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20260617a.htm
So YES here means the first official September decision would need to move the target range down by at least 25 bp, i.e. to 3.25%-3.50% or lower.
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