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The US federal funds rate will reach 4-4.5% by the end of 2022.

A scored prediction by Tom Nash, made on .

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Hiteconomy

end of day to day we're gonna be at above three percent I think three or three point twenty five percent and if they do a 75 basis points and that means by the end of the year we're going to be at four four and a half

The US federal funds rate will reach 4-4.5% by the end of 2022.

Made on
2022-09-21
Outcome
Hit
Importance
3 / 5
Effect on score
+2.99

What counted as right

Status
resolved
Settled on
2022-12-14

The upper bound of the US federal funds target range reaches 4-4.5% on or before 2022-12-31.

Criterion (upper bound of federal funds target range reaches 4-4.5% on or before 2022-12-31) met. Prior Nov 2, 2022 hike took the range to 3.75-4.00%; the Dec 14, 2022 hike lifted the upper bound to 4.50%. No conflicting evidence.

Sources

  • Powell admits we are in a recession; Putin's nuclear threats

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    Source

Evidence of what happened

  • FOMC raised the federal funds target range by 0.50 pp to 4.25%-4.50%, effective Dec 15, 2022 (decision announced Dec 14, 2022). The upper bound reached 4.50%, within the 4-4.5% criterion, before year-end.

    Evidence

  • Fed's Dec 14, 2022 implementation note / statement PDF confirming the 4.25-4.50% target range.

    Evidence

Corrections

No public corrections.

Effect on the score

+2.99
How sure they sounded
97%
Outcome
Hit
Importance
3 / 5

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The US federal funds rate will reach 4-4.5% by the end of 2…
Methodology version
v1.0.0
Last computed
August 2, 2026
Made on
2022-09-21

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