Scott Bessent: Keynote, Oct 16, 2025

Thu, Oct 16KeynoteHistory onlyScott Bessent

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Markets

14 words · 10 settled yes

backtest The probabilities on settled rows are a walk-forward backtest: the model as of before each event, computed after Parrot went live; they were not published at the time.

Listed words: result, and the probability (a walk-forward backtest on settled rows)
WordResultProbabilityMarket
China Yes–n=1 too little history for a probability–
Tariff Yes–n=1 too little history for a probability–
Deficit Yes–new new word, no probability yet–
Economy Yes–new new word, no probability yet–
Fed Chair Yes–new new word, no probability yet–
Manufacturing Yes–new new word, no probability yet–
Rate Yes–new new word, no probability yet–
Shutdown / Shut Down Yes–new new word, no probability yet–
Stake Yes–new new word, no probability yet–
Stock Market Yes–n=1 too little history for a probability–
Argentina No–new new word, no probability yet–
Crypto / Bitcoin No–new new word, no probability yet–
Recession No–new new word, no probability yet–
Powell No–n=1 too little history for a probability–

Market prices are mid quotes from Kalshi and Polymarket, shown for context, may be delayed by several minutes and are not a signal. Quotes as of Oct 20, 2026 15:46 UTC.

Transcript

No transcript source yet. The results above are how the venues settled the markets.

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