{
  "id": 16179723,
  "title": "Prediction Markets Are Accurate",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/prediction-markets-are-accurate",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-23T11:18:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Marginal Revolution",
    "slug": "marginal-revolution",
    "url": "https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2026/10/prediction-markets-are-accurate.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A recent study examines the precision of predictions from prediction markets on Polymarket, Kalshi, Manifold, and the forecasting platform Metaculus. The research spans diverse topics, including business, elections, and geopolitics. A crucial aspect of the analysis is that it covers a wide range of events, from those with a high likelihood to those with a lower chance of occurring. The findings reveal that the predicted probabilities align well with the actual outcomes, indicating that these platforms generate reliable estimates of event likelihood. While individual event predictions may not be exact, the collective insights derived from these platforms offer valuable information about real-world uncertainty.",
  "summary": "No surprise to me but a new paper looks at the forecast accuracy of over one million prediction questions from Polymarket, Kalshi, Manifold and the forecasting platform Metaculus. A virtue of the new analysis is that it covers many different areas from business to elections to geo-politics. An event predicted to happen p% of the […] The post Prediction Markets Are Accurate appeared first on…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}