Will core inflation fall below 3% this year?
There is a 49% chance the answer is yes according to AI, and a 57% chance according to the market — a gap of -8 (Market More Bullish). How we calculate these numbers
Market
57%
chance the answer is yes
AI Consensus
49%
chance the answer is yes
The market is more optimistic than AI.
Key insight
Why the views differ
The most important question on this page: not just what each side thinks, but why they disagree.
AI models place more weight on
- Housing and service costs that refuse to come down
- The final stretch to normal inflation taking longer than hoped
- The way housing costs are tracked running behind reality
The market appears more focused on
- Goods prices dropping faster than expected
- Belief that housing costs will eventually ease
- Optimism that inflation will hit target on time
Model-by-model
AI Model Breakdown
Average 49% across six models. Spread of 4 points (47%–51%) — a tight spread, a stronger shared signal.
Sees progress on disinflation but flags sticky shelter and services components. Its 50% estimate sits 7 points below the market's 57%, leaning on housing and service costs that refuse to come down while keeping an eye on goods prices dropping faster than expected.
More cautious — expects the last mile to target to be slow. Its 47% estimate sits 10 points below the market's 57%, leaning on housing and service costs that refuse to come down while keeping an eye on goods prices dropping faster than expected.
Balances goods disinflation against services stickiness. Its 51% estimate sits 6 points below the market's 57%, leaning on housing and service costs that refuse to come down while keeping an eye on goods prices dropping faster than expected.
Cites recent prints showing uneven progress. Its 49% estimate sits 8 points below the market's 57%, leaning on housing and service costs that refuse to come down while keeping an eye on goods prices dropping faster than expected.
Skeptical that the sub-3% threshold is hit within the window. Its 48% estimate sits 9 points below the market's 57%, leaning on housing and service costs that refuse to come down while keeping an eye on goods prices dropping faster than expected.
Sees it as a coin-flip dependent on shelter data. Its 49% estimate sits 8 points below the market's 57%, leaning on housing and service costs that refuse to come down while keeping an eye on goods prices dropping faster than expected.
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What would change the answer?
Catalysts To Watch
The events most likely to move consensus in either direction.
Bullish catalysts
- Rapid cooling in measured shelter costs
- Services ex-housing decelerating
- Weaker wage growth
Bearish catalysts
- Energy or supply shocks
- Sticky wage growth
- Reaccelerating services prices
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How AI Consensus Has Moved
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AI Consensus Trend & Confidence Movement
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Key Risks & Open Questions
Key Risks
- • Energy or supply shocks could reverse progress.
- • Wage growth staying elevated would slow disinflation.
Open Questions
- • How quickly does measured shelter inflation cool?
- • Do services prices ex-housing decelerate?
- • Are there commodity shocks on the horizon?
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