Scott Bessent: Speech, Sep 10, 2026

Thu, Sep 10SpeechHistory onlyScott Bessent

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18 words · 9 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
Biden Yes73%n=6 from settlement history–
Trump 3+ timesYes71%n=8 from settlement history–
Trump Account Yes69%n=4 from settlement history–
Inflation Yes68%n=10 from settlement history–
Manufacture / Manufacturing Yes62%n=5 from settlement history–
Democrat Yes60%n=7 from settlement history–
GDP Yes53%n=15 from settlement history–
Tax Cut / Cut Tax Yes–n=1 too little history for a probability–
Trillion Yes39%n=2 from settlement history–
Oil / Gas / Gasoline No72%n=9 from settlement history–
China / Chinese No64%n=12 from settlement history–
Tariff No59%n=22 from settlement history–
Iran / Iranian No–n=1 too little history for a probability–
Afford / Affordable / Affordability No–n=1 too little history for a probability–
Productivity No50%n=2 from settlement history–
Tax on Tips / Tax on Overtime No49%n=2 from settlement history–
Stock Market No39%n=20 from settlement history–
Crypto / Bitcoin / Cryptocurrency No38%n=10 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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