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Traders believe inflation could near 5% this year

Cnbc · · 589 words · By Davis Giangiulio
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“Prices in April rose at their fastest pace since May 2023.”
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Three independent web search results explicitly state that inflation in April rose to 3.8%, the highest annual rate since May 2023.
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web search NEUTRAL — Inflation accelerated in April to an annual rate of 3.8%, the highest since May 2023, as the Iran war pushed up energy costs and raised prices across the economy. By the numbers Economists ...
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cpi-report-today-april-2026-inf…
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web search NEUTRAL — Prices rose 0.6% on a monthly basis, driving the annual rate to 3.8%, the highest since May 2023, according to the latest Consumer Price Index data released Tuesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/12/economy/us-cpi-inflation-apri…
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web search NEUTRAL — U.S. consumer prices rose 3.8% over the 12 months ending in April, the fastest annual pace since May 2023, as energy costs tied to the war with Iran continued to drive inflation higher.
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/u-cpi-rose…
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“the headline annual inflation rate rose 3.8% last month”
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Multiple sources in the evidence for claim 0 and claim 4 explicitly state the annual inflation rate rose to 3.8% in April.
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web search NEUTRAL — President Donald Trump is moving to suspend the federal tax on gasoline to help Americans shoulder surging fuel prices caused by the Iran war. A demonstrator holds up a sign outside the Alabama Stateh…
https://apnews.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Read full articles, watch videos, browse thousands of titles and more on the "Headlines" topic with Google News.
https://news.google.com/topics/CAAqKggKIiRDQkFTRlFvSUwyMHZNR…
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web search NEUTRAL — Sean Gardner, a gymnastics coach who trained elite young girls, will be in federal court in Mississippi on Monday facing 12 felony counts of sexual exploitation of children. Authorities said they...
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“traders on Kalshi think it is near certain that price increases will rise above 4% in 2026, and give almost two-in-three odds that it goes above 4.5%.”
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While the evidence confirms Kalshi is a prediction market, no specific search result provided the exact odds (near certain for 4% and two-in-three for 4.5% in 2026). The claim is not corroborated by the provided evidence snippets.
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web search NEUTRAL — Kalshi is a regulated exchange & prediction market where you can trade on the outcome of real-world events. Buy and sell Event Contracts.
https://kalshi.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Tariff-adjacent markets — recession odds, stock market correction probabilities, Fed rate expectations — all adjusted in real time. Traditional research desks published their first notes hours later.
https://www.assymetrix.com/blog/prediction-markets-forecasti…
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web search NEUTRAL — Traders are incorporating Polymarket and Kalshi forecasts into their models. Prediction markets' accuracy is debated, however.Traders get ahead. With prediction markets offering potentially market mov…
https://www.dlnews.com/articles/web3/prediction-markets-act-…
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“Traders also see an almost 40% chance that inflation will cross 5% this year.”
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The evidence provided for claim 3 does not contain the specific '40% chance' figure. However, the evidence for claim 5 mentions a CNBC article titled 'Traders believe inflation could near 5% this year', which suggests the claim originates from a specific report but isn't independently corroborated in the snippets.
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web search NEUTRAL — Forward Flat Rate Inflation Calculator. Calculates an inflation based on a certain average inflation rate after some years.Historically, inflation rates hover around 3% in the U.S. and many other deve…
https://www.calculator.net/inflation-calculator.html
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCFkWDdmXG8
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web search NEUTRAL — Inflation Rate in the United States increased to 3.30 percent in March from 2.40 percent in February of 2026. This page provides - United States Inflation Rate - actual values, historical data, foreca…
https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/inflation-cpi
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“That hasn't happened since February 2023.”
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The evidence confirms that April 2026 inflation was the highest since May 2023, but it does not provide a historical timeline specifically confirming that inflation has not crossed 5% since February 2023.
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web search NEUTRAL — 5 hours ago · Inflation accelerated in April to an annual rate of 3.8%, the highest since May 2023, as the Iran war pushed up energy costs and raised prices across the economy. By the numbers Economis…
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cpi-report-today-april-2026-inf…
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web search NEUTRAL — 18 hours ago · For the first time in three years, Americans’ wages are no longer outpacing inflation. Prices rose 0.6% on a monthly basis, driving the annual rate to 3.8%, the highest since May 2023, …
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/12/economy/us-cpi-inflation-apri…
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 10, 2026 · The annual inflation rate in the United States was 3.3% for the 12 months ending March, up from 2.4% previously, according to U.S. Labor Department data released April 10, 2026. The nex…
https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/inflation/current-infl…
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“Economists polled by FactSet forecast that inflation will peak at an average of 3.8% in the current quarter, and fall to 2.8% by the end of the year.”
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A CNBC search result explicitly quotes that economists polled by FactSet forecast inflation to peak at an average of 3.8% in the current quarter and fall to 2.8% by the end of the year.
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web search NEUTRAL — Economists polled by FactSet forecast that inflation will peak at an average of 3.8% in the current quarter, and fall to 2.8% by the end of the year.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/12/traders-believe-inflation-co…
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web search NEUTRAL — Core consumer prices in the United States increased 2.60 percent in March of 2026 over the same month in the previous year. This page provides - United States Core Inflation Rate - actual values, hist…
https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/core-inflation-ra…
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web search NEUTRAL — This could, of course, also sustain higher-than-target inflation. Given all of this, (although ignoring, for now, the possibility of further tariff increases or further fiscal stimulus), we expect yea…
https://am.jpmorgan.com/us/en/asset-management/adv/insights/…
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“A University of Michigan survey released Friday found that consumers see inflation of 4.5% over the next year.”
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One source mentions year-ahead expectations surged from 3.8% to 4.7%, while another mentions a surge of 0.9 percentage points from 3.8% (which would be 4.7%). However, the claim specifically says 4.5%. The evidence shows figures of 4.7% rather than 4.5%.
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web search NEUTRAL — The University of Michigan's Surveys of Consumers on Friday said its Consumer Sentiment Index fell to 55.4 this month, the lowest since May, from a final reading of 58.2 in August.Consumers' expectati…
https://money.usnews.com/investing/news/articles/2025-09-12/…
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web search NEUTRAL — Year-ahead inflation expectations surged from 3.8% in March to 4.7% this month, the largest one-month increase since April 2025. The current reading exceeds those seen in 2024 and remains well above t…
https://www.sca.isr.umich.edu/
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web search NEUTRAL — At the three-year-ahead and five-year-ahead horizons, they were less uncertain. The University of Michigan’s Surveys of Consumers found in its final results for April that year-ahead inflation expecta…
https://www.pymnts.com/economy/2026/household-inflation-anxi…
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“On Polymarket, traders believe there is a 50% chance that U.S. inflation rises above 4.5% in 2026.”
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The evidence confirms Polymarket is used for inflation predictions, but the specific 50% probability for 4.5% in 2026 is not present in the provided search snippets.
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web search NEUTRAL — Magic Every Economy market on Polymarket has outcomes priced between 0¢ and 100¢. That price is the implied probability of the outcome occurring. For example, if "3.8%" is trading at 100% in "April In…
https://polymarket.com/economy/inflation
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web search NEUTRAL — Complete guide to prediction markets. How they work, how to convert contract prices to odds, fee structures, and strategies for Kalshi, Polymarket, and PredictIt.
https://betherosports.com/blog/prediction-markets-guide
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web search NEUTRAL — Polymarket Strategy 2026: Arbitrage is dead. Discover why retail traders lose to bots and how to target 35-95% APY using our "Information Arbitrage" system.
https://www.tradetheoutcome.com/polymarket-strategy-2026/
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“Headline inflation jumped last month as energy prices soared due to the U.S.-Iran war and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.”
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Although listed as 'no evidence found' in the specific claim 8 section, the evidence for claim 0 and claim 1 explicitly mentions that the 'Iran war pushed up energy costs' and 'surging fuel prices caused by the Iran war' drove the inflation increase.
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“core inflation, which measures the change in prices excluding food and energy, also rose 0.4% in April and 2.8% year-over-year.”
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No evidence was provided in the search results that specifies core inflation rose 0.4% in April and 2.8% year-over-year.
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“shelter prices rose 0.6% in April.”
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“Airfares jumped 2.8% in the month”
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“lodging away from home rose 2.4%.”
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“Apparel was up 0.6%”
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“the strait, a passageway for 20% of the world's crude oil before the war, remains closed”
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“U.S. oil prices again crossed $100 a barrel on Tuesday.”
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“a majority of Kalshi traders don't think maritime traffic through the strait will return to normal until October.”
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“Kalshi traders now give a more than 50% chance that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates by July 2027.”
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“CNBC and Kalshi have a commercial relationship that includes customer acquisition and a minority investment.”
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