Scott Bessent: Interview, Sep 23, 2026

Wed, Sep 23InterviewHistory onlyScott Bessent

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Markets

17 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
Inflation / Inflationary Yes67%n=11 from settlement history–
Manufacture / Manufacturing Yes64%n=6 from settlement history–
Nuclear Yes62%n=3 from settlement history–
Oil / Gas / Gasoline Yes62%n=10 from settlement history–
China / Chinese Yes57%n=13 from settlement history–
Fed / Federal Reserve / Warsh Yes57%n=15 from settlement history–
Tariff Yes53%n=23 from settlement history–
Iran / Iranian Yes43%n=2 from settlement history–
AI / Artificial Intelligence Yes34%n=16 from settlement history–
Trump 3+ timesNo69%n=9 from settlement history–
Democrat No59%n=8 from settlement history–
GDP No54%n=16 from settlement history–
Negotiate / Negotiated / Negotiation No–n=1 too little history for a probability–
Tax Cut / Cut Tax No46%n=2 from settlement history–
Buyback / Buy Back No–new new word, no probability yet–
Stock Market No34%n=21 from settlement history–
Crypto / Bitcoin / Cryptocurrency No33%n=11 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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