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Forecasting Political and Economic Events

Elections, policy decisions, and economic outcomes rarely arrive without warning — expectations form long before results are official. Prediction markets capture these expectations in real time by pricing probabilities as events evolve, offering a clearer signal of what people believe will happen, not what they say might happen.

Your challenge

Forecasting political and economic events is difficult because expectations shift constantly, and most data sources update too slowly.

Traditional forecasting relies on polls, expert commentary, or historical patterns that often lag behind reality. These sources struggle to capture how new information instantly reshapes expectations around elections, policy decisions, or economic outcomes. Without a way to track changing probabilities in real time, forecasts become reactive and miss early signals. FinFeedAPI exposes these shifts by tracking how prediction market probabilities move in real time.

Polls lag behind reality

Expert forecasts are subjective

Hard to track probability changes over time

No clear signal of conviction

Fragmented prediction market data

How Does FinFeedAPI Solve It?

Turn shifting expectations into a measurable signal

Prediction markets move as news breaks and narratives change. FinFeedAPI lets you track those probability shifts in a structured way, so forecasting models can react to the market’s belief instead of waiting for the next poll.

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Before vs After FinFeedAPI

Forecasting workflow	Before	After (with Prediction Market API)
Primary data source	Polls, expert opinions, static reports.	Market-implied probabilities from live prediction markets.
Update speed	Updates arrive slowly and irregularly.	Real-time updates as markets react to new information.
Measuring confidence	No clear way to quantify conviction.	Prices reflect real belief, backed by trades and liquidity.
Tracking expectation changes	Limited or no historical probability tracking.	Full OHLCV time series shows how probabilities evolve over time.
Cross-market comparison	Data scattered across platforms and formats.	Unified access across multiple prediction exchanges.
Signal validation	Hard to tell noise from meaningful moves.	Trades, quotes, and order books reveal market depth and activity.
Forecast responsiveness	Forecasts react after events are widely known.	Early signals appear as markets adjust expectations.
Workflow reliability	Manual collection and interpretation.	Structured API-driven workflows that scale and repeat.

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FAQ: Forecasting Political and Economic Events & Prediction Markets API

Why is forecasting political and economic events so difficult?

Political and economic outcomes depend on fast-moving information, unexpected events, and changing public expectations. Polls and expert forecasts often lag behind reality and fail to update when new information appears. This makes many forecasts reactive instead of predictive.

How are prediction markets different from polls and surveys?

Polls measure what people say at a specific moment, often without real consequences. Prediction markets show what people believe will happen because participants put money behind their expectations. This creates a clearer signal of confidence and probability rather than opinion.

Why do probabilities matter more than binary predictions?

Forecasting is not about guessing a single outcome, but about understanding likelihoods. Probabilities show how confident the market is and how that confidence changes over time. This allows analysts to detect momentum, reversals, and uncertainty instead of treating events as all-or-nothing.

What signals help identify early shifts in political or economic expectations?

Early shifts often appear as gradual price movements, increased trading activity, or changes in liquidity before headlines catch up. Watching how probabilities move can reveal when sentiment is changing quietly. These early signals are often missed by traditional data sources.

Why is historical probability data important for forecasting models?

History shows how markets reacted to past events, shocks, and surprises. By studying historical probability paths, forecasters can identify patterns such as overreaction, slow drift, or sudden repricing. This context improves model calibration and decision-making.

How does FinFeedAPI support forecasting political and economic events?

FinFeedAPI provides live and historical prediction market data across major exchanges. This allows forecasters to track how probabilities change as new information enters the market. Instead of relying on static forecasts, models can respond to real-time shifts in expectations.

How does FinFeedAPI help compare expectations across different prediction markets?

Prediction markets often exist on separate platforms with different formats and identifiers. FinFeedAPI unifies this data through a single API, making cross-market comparison much easier. This helps analysts identify consensus, disagreement, or arbitrage between markets.

How does FinFeedAPI improve the reliability of forecasting signals?

FinFeedAPI includes trades, quotes, and order book snapshots alongside prices. This makes it possible to see whether a probability move is supported by real trading activity or just thin liquidity. Forecasts become more robust when signals are backed by market depth.

How can FinFeedAPI be used in forecasting models and dashboards?

FinFeedAPI supports REST and JSON-RPC access for both live and historical data. This makes it easy to integrate into forecasting models, research pipelines, and visualization dashboards. Probabilities can be tracked continuously without manual data collection.

Why use FinFeedAPI instead of scraping prediction markets manually?

Manual scraping is fragile, inconsistent, and hard to scale. FinFeedAPI provides structured, documented endpoints that deliver clean market data reliably. This reduces maintenance work and allows teams to focus on improving forecasting logic instead of fixing data pipelines.