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Kalshi traders price 65% odds Fed holds rates in September after July jobs miss
Kalshi traders are pricing a 65% probability that the Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady in September, after the US economy lost 23,000 jobs in July, far below the 83,000 forecast. The market implies only a 33% chance of a rate hike.
Why this matters?
Shows Kalshi functioning as a real-time Fed-policy sentiment gauge, with traders repricing within hours of a data release. Validates event contracts as a faster alternative to futures for parsing central-bank probabilities.
The bigger picture
Third macro repricing this week across Kalshi and Polymarket on Fed-linked contracts, after recession odds collapsed and the two venues converged on September hold odds, deepening the running debate over whether headline probabilities reflect tradable conviction or thin-book drift.
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