Diane Whitfield

Diane reads FOMC statements for fun, which she admits is not a normal way to spend a Wednesday afternoon. Before covering prediction markets she spent years on a rates desk and then writing macro notes that traders actually read, so she has a low tolerance for hand-waving about what the Fed 'might' do. On this site she tracks the contracts tied to rate decisions, CPI prints and the rest of the macro calendar, and she's good at explaining why two platforms can quote the same Fed meeting and still disagree by five points.