The Federal Reserve raises the target range for the federal funds rate at its 27-28 October 2026 meeting.

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Six frontier AI models put this at 20% by 13 Nov 2026. Full reasoning from every model.

WillHappen.ai · Accepted Answer

20% — the median of 6 frontier models, resolving by 2026-11-13.

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Gemini (Google): 22% — The FOMC rarely resumes rate hikes without overwhelming market pricing and unmistakable acceleration in core inflation. Even with sticky inflation, the Fed typically prefers maintaining a restrictive plateau over overt rate increases. Two weeks prior to the meeting, shifting from a pause to an active hike requires stronger pre-commitment than current data justifies. A decisive print in September core PCE above 0.4% MoM alongside sharp wage gains would be required to force an immediate hike.

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Claude (Anthropic): 4% — Fed would need a sharp inflation re-acceleration by late October 2026 to reverse course into hikes. Current Fed trajectory is cutting or holding, not hiking, given labor market softening concerns through 2026. A rate hike requires a drastic inflation surprise with no cooling signs, which is not the base case market pricing. Futures markets currently price easing or pause, not tightening, making a hike a low-probability tail event.

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GPT (OpenAI): 18% — It turns on whether incoming inflation and labor data force the FOMC to reverse a likely wait-and-see stance within two weeks. The 12 voting FOMC members must agree on 28 October; a hike usually follows clear evidence of renewed inflation acceleration. At a meeting this close, the base rate for a surprise hike is low: the Fed typically signals tightening well before acting. A sharply hot September CPI or payroll report, or an inflation-expectations jump, would materially raise the odds.

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Grok (xAI): 38% — Whether incoming data force a hike at the Oct 27-28 FOMC rather than a later meeting. FOMC must act on 28 Oct after only two more data prints (CPI, jobs); they rarely surprise when not fully priced. Hike base rate at a given meeting is ~15% outside easing cycles; inflation-above-target plus raised PCE forecasts lifts it, but not to majority. A hotter-than-expected Sept PCE or payrolls would flip odds; a cool print would lock in a hold.

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DeepSeek (DeepSeek): 18% — Whether the Fed's own October meeting statement signals a hike or a hold, decided by incoming inflation data before 28 October. Only the 12-member FOMC votes; a hike needs a majority at the 28 October meeting, so any policy shift must be at least telegraphed by chair's signals before then. Base rate for the Fed changing rates at a single meeting is roughly 10–20%, but hiking cycles have regularly delivered consecutive moves when inflation stays above… If the 30 September core PCE print due 30 October shows inflation accelerating, that single data point could move pricing sharply toward a November hike.

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Qwen (Alibaba): 73% — Markets already pricing a hike with only two weeks to the meeting; the Fed rarely reverses signaled intent this late. Fed speakers and minutes in the weeks before an FOMC meeting typically lock in expectations; a surprise hold against priced-in hikes is rare (last major example: Jan… Raised PCE forecasts and above-target inflation give the committee a clear data justification, reducing internal dissent risk. A sharp downside surprise in the October employment report or a financial-stability event in the next two weeks would be the most likely trigger for a hold.

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