MacroMulti-outcomeExpires Jan 15, 2027
Creator

Will world GDP growth be 3.1% in 2026?

Probability

45¢

1h

+14.4pp

24h

+11.1pp

24h Vol

$0.00

Liquidity

$407.39

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 15, 2027
UMA status
n/a
Resolution source
Primary
IMF
Type
Official government source
Confidence
extracted · high
Market type
Multi-outcome (neg-risk)
  • Part of a multi-outcome event (neg-risk): only one market can resolve YES.
  • Wide spread (84.5¢) — liquidity risk on entry/exit.
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Probability (last 7 days)

+41.1pp 7d
1007550250
46¢
May 11, 2026, 10:00 UTCMay 18, 2026, 09:48 UTC
updated 09:48:50 UTC·src:Polymarket CLOB·snap:snap_2026-05-18T09-48Z

Why did it move?

Structured · 3 factors
  • 01
    Price move

    Up 11pp over 24h

    Now 45¢; +14.4pp in the last hour.

  • 02
    Active signal

    Resolution-risk observation firing

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

  • 03
    Spread cost

    Wide spread — 84.5¢

    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 15, 00:00 UTCScheduled resolution

    Market resolves in 5798.2h

    LOW
  • 09:48Signal

    Resolution risk

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

    LOW

Price movement

+11.1pp over the last 24h, now 45¢.

Biggest hourly move: +38.8pp at May 15, 17:00 UTC (to 43¢).

Show top 8 of 45 hourly moves
  • 21:00 · +33.6pp → 38¢
  • May 17, 06:00 UTC · +33.3pp → 38¢
  • May 17, 05:00 UTC · +36.0pp → 40¢
  • May 17, 03:00 UTC · +33.2pp → 37¢
  • May 16, 23:00 UTC · +35.4pp → 40¢
  • May 16, 07:00 UTC · +35.7pp → 40¢
  • May 15, 17:00 UTC · +38.8pp → 43¢
  • May 15, 09:00 UTC · +33.3pp → 38¢
updated 09:48:50 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 09:48:50 UTC·src:Polymarket Data

Market Description

This Market will resolve according to the estimate of the World GDP growth rate (Real GDP, annual percent change) reported by the International Monetary Fund in the World Economic Outlook Update released between the October 2026 and April 2027 editions of the World Economic Outlook, expected to be released in January 2027. The relevant figure may be found in the table titled “World Economic Outlook Growth Projections” under “Estimate” in the row “World Output” and the column “2026”. Changes in the IMF’s World Economic Outlook reporting format will not disqualify a published figure from counting. The GDP release will be made available here: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/weo If no estimate of the 2026 annual percent change in world real GDP is released in a World Economic Outlook Update between the October 2026 and April 2027 editions of the World Economic Outlook, this market will resolve according to the published figure for 2026 annual percent change in World real GDP in the April 2027 edition of the World Economic Outlook. If no such figure is published by April 30, 2027, 11:59 PM ET, another credible resolution source will be chosen. If multiple World Economic Outlook Updates are released between the October 2026 and April 2027 editions of the World Economic Outlook, this market will resolve based on the first such publication which includes an estimate of the 2026 annual percent change in World GDP. Projections of World GDP, however, will not be considered. Note: data from the initial release of the referenced GDP report is what will be used to resolve this market. Data may be revised during the following release or as a part of the next estimate's publication, however any revisions to GDP report data made after the initial release will not be considered for this market's resolution. Note: the resolution source for this market reports annual percent change in world real GDP to one decimal point (e.g. 3.3%). Thus, this is the level of precision that will be used when resolving the market.

Why this category?

confidence: medium

Category

Macro

Source

Keyword rule

Matched term

gdp

Reason

Question text contains "gdp" — 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 world GDP growth be 3.1% in 2026?"?

As of Mon, 18 May 2026 09:48:50 GMT, YES is priced at 45% implied probability on Polymarket. The price changed +11.1pp in the last 24 hours, +14.4pp in the last hour, and +41.1pp in the last 7 days.

When does this market resolve?

This market resolves by Jan 15, 2027 (2027-01-15T00:00:00.000Z). 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?

$0.00 of trading volume in the last 24 hours. Lifetime volume on Polymarket: $469.86. Open liquidity in the YES/NO orderbooks: $407.39. Spread between best bid and best ask: 84.5¢.

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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