The Federal Reserve raises its benchmark interest rate at the October 28, 2026 FOMC meeting.

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Six frontier AI models put this at 20% by 9 Nov 2026. Full reasoning from every model.

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20% — the median of 6 frontier models, resolving by 2026-11-09.

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Gemini (Google): 8% — The bar for a hike is extremely high given the Fed's current easing posture and absence of a sudden inflation spike. FOMC meetings only 18 days away rarely feature un-telegraphed hikes; Powell and peers have maintained neutral-to-dovish guidance. A rate hike would require an unprecedentedly hot core CPI print in mid-October to abruptly reverse the current policy trajectory. The FOMC almost always pauses rather than immediately re-hiking when assessing residual upside risks to inflation.

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Claude (Anthropic): 3% — Fed has been cutting/holding amid cooling inflation; a hike reversal by Oct 2026 would require a major upside inflation shock. Current Fed trajectory through 2025-2026 has been toward rate cuts or pauses, not hikes, given disinflation trends. A hike would require significant unexpected inflation resurgence materializing and being confirmed by data well before the Oct 28 meeting. Base rate for a hike at any single meeting during an easing cycle is very low, historically under 5%.

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GPT (OpenAI): 27% — It turns on whether incoming October inflation and labor data force the Fed to act before its final 2026 meeting. The FOMC must see sufficient upside inflation risk by October 28, with only one jobs report and CPI release left to assess. Historically, the Fed changes rates at a minority of individual meetings, and late-year optionality favors waiting until December. A hot October CPI or payrolls report, especially alongside elevated inflation expectations, would materially raise the chance.

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Grok (xAI): 22% — Oct 28 hike turns on whether mid-Oct CPI/jobs print re-accelerate inflation enough to override the wait-for-December default. FOMC must actually vote a 25 bp increase on 28 Oct; only two more data prints (Sept CPI 15 Oct, Oct jobs 3 Oct already out) can force it. Post-2023 pause, unscheduled extra hikes at the first of two remaining meetings occur <25 % of the time when minutes merely say “possible.” A 0.4 pp+ core CPI surprise would flip me; otherwise they hold and keep optionality for December.

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DeepSeek (DeepSeek): 18% — The Fed raises rates only if inflation data forces its hand before the October 28, 2026 FOMC meeting. The FOMC's rate decisions are made meeting by meeting, with the next scheduled meeting on October 28, 2026. Recent minutes floated the possibility of a hike before year-end, but no vote or consensus exists yet. The base rate for a hike at any single meeting is historically low, roughly 10-20% in the modern era.

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Qwen (Alibaba): 38% — Hinges on whether inflation data through September shows enough persistence to justify a hike after the current pause. The Fed has historically hiked in consecutive meetings only when core PCE is running above 3%; current trajectory suggests it's near or below that threshold by October. The October 28 meeting is a live meeting with projections, but the Fed typically signals hikes well in advance via speeches; 18 days is short but not impossible for a… Base rate for a hike after a pause of multiple meetings is low (~15-20%), but the context note about minutes suggesting 'another hike remains possible' nudges this above…

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