Will the Fed increase interest rates by 25 bps after the September 2026 meeting?
Window 07 Aug 2026, 12:34 UTC → 07 Aug 2026, 14:04 UTC
Price at window start 49¢ → at trigger 36¢ → at close 34¢
YES down · NO up
Resolves 16 Sept 2026, 00:00 UTC
Frozen payload
REPRICED Repriced -15.0pts: 49¢ at window start → 34¢ at close
OUTSIDE BAND Outside the 7-day band: below the lower bound 45¢ (band 45¢–60¢) band from 168 hourly obs / 7.0d
VOLUME 1.5× this market's 7-day norm, $347.0k in 24h volume from the 13:19 UTC snapshot (no close reading)
BOOK Book 1.3:1 ask, $132.1k/$176.1k within 10¢ depth from the 13:02 UTC snapshot (no close reading)
DEPTH PENDING · spread 1.0¢
Triggers (3)
07 Aug 2026, 12:34 UTC: Band breach (lower): 49¢ → 36¢ (-13.0pts), confirmed over 256s
07 Aug 2026, 12:53 UTC: Sustained reprice: 36¢ → 31¢ (-5.0pts), confirmed over 91s
07 Aug 2026, 13:23 UTC: Sustained reprice: 31¢ → 35¢ (+4.0pts), confirmed over 237s
Context artifact
@zerohedge · X: posted 1h 34m before the break
Trump says it’s up Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh “a little bit, but not completely,” whether to avoid hiking interest rates before the election, he tells Punchbowl News in an interview.
Asked whether Warsh should avoid hiking interest rates before the election, Trump told Punchbowl: “Well, it’s up to him a little bit, but not completely. He’s got a board that’s very political … It’s not totally up to him. It’s up to a board. I think he’s great. I won’t be criticizing him.”