The Federal Reserve raises interest rates at its October 27–28, 2026 FOMC meeting.

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Six frontier AI models put this at 13% by 18 Nov 2026. Full reasoning from every model.

WillHappen.ai · Accepted Answer

13% — the median of 6 frontier models, resolving by 2026-11-18.

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Gemini (Google): 8% — The Fed rarely pivots from pauses or cuts to an outright hike without months of explicit advance communication. The FOMC meets next week and has not signaled an imminent hike, making an unpriced surprise move exceedingly improbable. A single hot inflation print typically prompts a pause or hawkish rhetoric rather than an immediate tightening move. Markets would price significant hike odds only if Fed officials had explicitly prepped markets before the blackout period.

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Claude (Anthropic): 5% — Fed is on a cutting path; a hike would require a sudden inflation shock not yet evident in data. Markets and Fed communications through October 2026 have been pricing cuts/holds, not hikes, after a long easing cycle. A single hot September inflation print rarely flips the Fed from cutting to hiking within one meeting; base rate for such reversals is very low. Watch for a cluster of upside inflation surprises plus hawkish Fed speak before Oct 28 as the main thing that could change this.

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GPT (OpenAI): 28% — This turns on whether September inflation persists enough to overcome the Fed’s usual reluctance to hike at a single meeting. The FOMC must vote for a higher target range on October 28; no other institution can delay or substitute for that decision. A late-cycle hike after one inflation surprise is historically uncommon, especially if payrolls, core PCE, or expectations remain contained. Odds would rise sharply if the October 23 CPI or labor data show broad reacceleration, not merely a volatile September print.

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Grok (xAI): 28% — FOMC treats the Sept CPI surprise as enough to hike now rather than wait. Powell and the committee vote Oct 28 with only one more jobs/PPI print left; no further CPI. Outside a declared hiking cycle the base rate of a hike at any given meeting is ~12-18%; revived pricing lifts this case modestly. A second consecutive hot inflation or wage print this week would be the clearest upward revision.

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DeepSeek (DeepSeek): 12% — A hike needs a 10-2 or wider FOMC majority in nine days, and the 2026 dot plot points the other way. Powell's committee has held the target range since the last cut cycle; a single hot CPI print rarely flips a meeting this close to the date. September CPI upside moves futures pricing, but the FOMC needs the full SEP and Beige Book trajectory, not one data point, to justify a hike. Base rate for a hike at a meeting with no prior guidance is under 10%; the 2026 median dot still implies easing, keeping this below that.

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Qwen (Alibaba): 13% — A single hot inflation print 8 days out is almost never enough to flip the Fed from hold to hike without prior signaling. The Fed blackout period began ~Oct 17; no pre-meeting speeches could have prepared markets, and the Fed virtually never surprises with a hike. One above-consensus CPI release historically shifts Fed policy less than 5% of the time; the FOMC requires a trend, not a data point. If Fed officials had been building toward a hike, forward guidance would have appeared in September speeches; 'revived expectations' implies the base case was hold or…

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