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Subscribe§ ISSUE №2 · May 1, 2026
Fed's June Stasis: Markets Price Zero Suspense
Prediction markets across platforms have converged on near-certainty that the Federal Reserve will hold rates steady in June, with a modest 2¢ spread on the maintenance question and perfect consensus on the 25bps cut scenario. The interesting signal isn't disagreement—it's the J…
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§ ISSUE №1 · April 30, 2026
Consensus Confirmed: Fed's 2026 Path Eerily Unanimous
When prediction markets across three platforms align within a penny on Federal Reserve policy eighteen months out, it signals either perfect clairvoyance or dangerous groupthink. Today's spreads—effectively zero on June and July 2026 rate decisions—suggest traders have stopped p…
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