| Outcome | Probability | Yes Bid | Yes Ask | 24h Change | Volume | |
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| At least 50 billion | 0% | 0¢ | 0¢ | — | $0 | Trade → |
| At least 250 billion | 0% | 0¢ | 0¢ | — | $0 | Trade → |
| At least 500 billion | 0% | 0¢ | 0¢ | — | $0 | Trade → |
| At least 750 billion | 0% | 0¢ | 0¢ | — | $0 | Trade → |
| At least 1 trillion | 0% | 0¢ | 0¢ | — | $0 | Trade → |
| At least 2 trillion | 0% | 0¢ | 0¢ | — | $0 | Trade → |
This market asks how much federal government spending will be cut by actions associated with President Trump before 2027. It matters because the scale of spending changes affects fiscal policy, program funding, and economic outlook over the remainder of a presidential term.
Background: Federal spending levels can be changed by a combination of Congressional legislation (appropriations, authorizing bills, reconciliation), presidential budget proposals, agency implementation choices, and court or administrative actions. Historically, major durable cuts typically require cooperation from Congress; one-off executive actions and timing decisions can produce smaller or temporary changes. The market aggregates expectations about those forces into discrete outcome buckets.
Interpretation: Market prices reflect collective expectations about which outcome bucket is most likely given current information; they are not guarantees. Because this contract measures a policy outcome over a multi-year window, legal definitions, measurement conventions, and legislative timing in the contract terms are key to interpreting any movement.
The contract definition on the event page sets the measurement (for example, cumulative outlays versus baseline or nominal annual reductions). Typical measures use CBO-style outlays or enacted-law comparisons; check the event rules to see whether the market counts enacted legislation, executive actions, or both and which baseline is used.
Markets like this usually mean by the end of calendar year 2026, but the precise cutoff (time zone and timestamp) is defined in the contract terms. Because this event's close is listed as TBD, consult the event page for the official cutoff once it is posted.
Whether executive actions count depends on the contract wording. In practice, Presidents can use rescissions, reprogramming, regulatory actions, and hiring or spending guidance to reduce outlays, but many large, durable cuts to mandatory programs require Congressional legislation. Check the event’s definition for which types of actions are included.
Key actors include the White House (OMB and budget submissions), relevant federal agencies, Congressional leadership and appropriations and budget committees, and scorekeepers such as the CBO. Watch for reconciliation bills, appropriations agreements, OMB memos, agency rescission requests, and CBO cost estimates.
Monitor legislative calendars (bills introduced or advanced in appropriations/reconciliation), official White House budget proposals or directives, CBO and OMB score releases, major court decisions affecting spending, and economic shocks or emergencies that could prompt supplemental spending. Also watch negotiations between the White House and Congressional leaders.