Scott Bessent: Press briefing, Jan 22, 2026

Thu, Jan 22Press briefingHistory onlyScott Bessent

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15 words · 7 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
Tariff Yes68%n=5 from settlement history–
Inflation Yes63%n=3 from settlement history–
Economy / Economic Yes59%n=2 from settlement history–
Fed Yes52%n=3 from settlement history–
National Security Yes41%n=3 from settlement history–
Manufacturing Yes34%n=4 from settlement history–
Middle Class Yes31%n=2 from settlement history–
China No58%n=5 from settlement history–
GDP No46%n=2 from settlement history–
Stock Market No42%n=5 from settlement history–
Innovation No41%n=3 from settlement history–
Recession No37%n=4 from settlement history–
Data Center No31%n=2 from settlement history–
Crypto / Bitcoin / Cryptocurrency No28%n=3 from settlement history–
Tax Cut No27%n=3 from settlement history–

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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