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Will the Fed increase interest rates by 25 bps after the July 2026 meeting?

Economy · tracked since July 14, 2026 · last updated 5:01 AM ET

21%

Today’s odds

As of July 29, 2026, market-consensus odds put the chance at 21%.

▲ 1 since the previous update. ▼ 1 over the last 7 days. Probabilities are market-consensus forecasts, not predictions.

How the odds have moved

0%25%50%75%100%Jul 14Jul 18Jul 22Jul 25Jul 29Yes — Jul 14: 9%Yes — Jul 15: 4%Yes — Jul 16: 4%Yes — Jul 17: 4%Yes — Jul 18: 5%Yes — Jul 19: 5%Yes — Jul 20: 7%Yes — Jul 21: 12%Yes — Jul 22: 22%Yes — Jul 23: 25%Yes — Jul 24: 26%Yes — Jul 25: 21%Yes — Jul 26: 16%Yes — Jul 27: 27%Yes — Jul 28: 21%Yes — Jul 29: 21%21%

Every outcome we track

OutcomeJul 28TodayMove
Yes21%21%▲ 1
Full history table
DateYes
2026-07-2921%
2026-07-2821%
2026-07-2727%
2026-07-2616%
2026-07-2521%
2026-07-2426%
2026-07-2325%
2026-07-2222%
2026-07-2112%
2026-07-207%
2026-07-195%
2026-07-185%
2026-07-174%
2026-07-164%
2026-07-154%
2026-07-149%

Use this data. The full daily history behind this page is free to download and reuse with a link back to this page: Download the full daily odds history (CSV) · the same history as JSON · about the open data. Updated every morning; past values never change.

Common questions

Will the Fed increase interest rates by 25 bps after the July 2026 meeting — what are the odds?
As of July 29, 2026, the market-consensus chance is 21%. That is the aggregated judgment of traders with money at stake, reported by The Morning Line — not our own prediction.
Will the Fed increase interest rates by 25 bps after the July 2026 meeting — have the odds gone up or down?
Up. Over the 16 days we tracked this question, the odds moved from 9% on July 14, 2026 to 21% on July 29, 2026 — a change of 12 points.
Will the Fed increase interest rates by 25 bps after the July 2026 meeting — what are the highest and lowest odds?
Over 16 tracked days the odds ranged between 4% and 27%. The current reading of 21% sits inside that range.

About this question

The Morning Line has reported the market-consensus odds on “Will the Fed increase interest rates by 25 bps after the July 2026 meeting” for 16 days, since July 14, 2026. As of July 29, 2026, market-consensus odds sit at 21%. The chance for a yes has risen from 9% to 21%, ranging between 4% and 27% across that stretch. These are reported probabilities, not our own predictions. This page updates every morning with the full daily history, free to download as JSON or CSV.

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