MacroMulti-outcomeExpires Jan 20, 2027
Creator

Will South African inflation be between 4.7% and 5.0% in 2026?

Probability

23¢

1h

+0.4pp

24h

+0.9pp

24h Vol

$5.00

Liquidity

$302.01

Research loop

Inspect the market

Read the move, holders, recent trades, source, and resolution risk before saving anything.

Canonical status

confidence: medium

Source status (Polymarket)

active

Derived status (Orrery)

ILLIQUID

Reason

Liquidity is below $1,000 — price discovery is unreliable.

The derived status is computed from the source flags plus the live YES price, so a market trading near a rail can read as PRICE-PINNED while upstream is still active. That isn't the same as resolved.

Resolution & Risk

LOW risk
End date
Jan 20, 2027
UMA status
n/a
Resolution source
Primary
to the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) during the 12-month period ending December 2026 according to
Type
Ambiguous wording
Confidence
extracted · low
Market type
Multi-outcome (neg-risk)
  • Part of a multi-outcome event (neg-risk): only one market can resolve YES.
  • Wide spread (43.9¢) — liquidity risk on entry/exit.
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Probability (last 7 days)

+0.1pp 7d
1007550250
22¢
May 11, 2026, 16:00 UTCMay 18, 2026, 15:02 UTC
updated 15:02:39 UTC·src:Polymarket CLOB·snap:snap_2026-05-18T15-02Z

Why did it move?

Structured · 2 factors
  • 01
    Active signal

    Resolution-risk observation firing

    Spread is wide enough that intraday moves overstate any tradeable edge.

  • 02
    Spread cost

    Wide spread — 43.9¢

    Bid-ask spread is wide enough that intraday moves overstate any tradeable advantage. Most of the headline pp move would be eaten by spread on a market order.

What to track next

  • Verify the resolution source on this page — exchange feed, official release, news consensus — before treating any move as new information.

Verification actions only — never trade recommendations.

Each factor is grounded in a single named metric you can verify on this page — probability, volume, liquidity, signal, resolution state. No predictions, no prose hallucinations.

Timeline

critical · price · trade flow

Critical

  • Jan 20, 00:00 UTCScheduled resolution

    Market resolves in 5913.0h

    LOW
  • 15:02Signal

    Resolution risk

    Spread is wide enough that intraday moves overstate any tradeable edge.

    LOW

Price movement

+0.9pp over the last 24h, now 23¢.

Biggest hourly move: -6.8pp at May 16, 08:00 UTC (to 16¢).

Show 5 hourly moves
  • May 16, 17:00 UTC · -6.2pp → 16¢
  • May 16, 15:00 UTC · -6.7pp → 16¢
  • May 16, 14:00 UTC · -6.2pp → 16¢
  • May 16, 12:00 UTC · -5.9pp → 16¢
  • May 16, 08:00 UTC · -6.8pp → 16¢
updated 15:02:39 UTC·src:Polymarket CLOB·Polymarket Data

Active signals

Recent Trades

No recent trades visible from the Data API for this market. That usually means liquidity is thin or this market is between event windows.

updated 15:02:39 UTC·src:Polymarket Data

Market Description

This is a market about the variation of consumer prices in South Africa over the 12-month period ending December 2026 (Y/Y, % change), as reported by Statistics South Africa. This market will resolve according to the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) during the 12-month period ending December 2026 according to the monthly Statistics South Africa report. The resolution source for this market will be the Statistics South Africa Consumer Price Index monthly report released for December 2026, currently scheduled to be released on January 20, 2027. Resolution of this market will take place upon release of the aforementioned data. If no data for the specified month is released by the date the next month's data is scheduled to be released, this market will resolve based on data from the last available month. You can find the relevant figure by locating the report for December 2026 on the Publications page (https://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=1859), selecting the report, and selecting “Key Findings (Summary)". The relevant figure will be the figure for annual consumer price inflation (Y/Y, %) in the relevant month. Changes in Statistics South Africa’s reporting format will not disqualify a published relevant figure from counting. Note: the resolution source for this market will be the official monthly Statistics South Africa Consumer Price Index report which reports inflation during 12-month periods to one decimal point (e.g. 3.6%). Thus, this is the level of precision that will be used when resolving the market. For the full release schedule, see: https://www.statssa.gov.za/?page_id=1874

Why this category?

confidence: medium

Category

Macro

Source

Keyword rule

Matched term

inflation

Reason

Question text contains "inflation" — matched the Macro keyword rule.

Categories come from a deterministic engine: manual overrides (highest priority) → sports hard markers → event-tag rules → keyword rules → Gamma category hint → default. The engine is versioned in category-overrides.ts; methodology lives at /methodology.

FAQ — questions readers actually ask

What is the current Polymarket probability for "Will South African inflation be between 4.7% and 5.0% in 2026?"?

As of Mon, 18 May 2026 15:02:39 GMT, YES is priced at 23% implied probability on Polymarket. The price changed +0.9pp in the last 24 hours, +0.4pp in the last hour, and +0.1pp in the last 7 days.

When does this market resolve?

This market resolves by Jan 20, 2027 (2027-01-20T00:00:00.000Z). Resolution is determined from the market description on Polymarket.

What source determines the outcome?

Resolution is sourced from the market description on Polymarket. Polymarket's UMA optimistic oracle is the final settlement layer; if the published source is ambiguous, UMA tokenholders adjudicate. Source-extraction confidence is shown in the Resolution & Risk block above.

How much is being traded on this market?

$5.00 of trading volume in the last 24 hours. Lifetime volume on Polymarket: $373.13. Open liquidity in the YES/NO orderbooks: $302.01. Spread between best bid and best ask: 43.9¢.

Is this a trade recommendation?

No. Orrery describes — never predicts. Every signal on this market carries explicit Evidence, Backtest, and Action tiers. The Action is always one of: Watch only, Inspect timeline, Create alert, Verify source, or Ignore — never Buy or Sell. The probability above is the market's collective implied probability, not a forecast Orrery is publishing.

How fresh is this data and where does it come from?

This page revalidates from the public Polymarket APIs every 30 seconds. Probability and 24h-change come from Gamma; the chart series comes from the CLOB orderbook history; trade and holder data come from the Data API. The fetched-at timestamp on each block tells you exactly how old the underlying upstream pull was.

Alerts

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