Open clocks, deadlines and the forecast ledger, read at the bell.
The Markets File
Closed Clocks
Alito Off Suncor HitsAlito remained off the bench for Suncor when argument began on 5 October. SCOTUSblog's courtroom account: at 10 a.m. the justices took the bench except Alito; Clerk Harris's letter said he would not continue in Suncor.Foreman
IEA Schedule MissedThe IEA 100 million barrel schedule call settled NO. Brass's 13:52:46 UTC 7 October pull found no iea.org or G7 energy-ministry schedule by 16:00 UTC 6 October.Foreman
Open Clocks
RBI Hold At 62%There is a 62% probability that the Reserve Bank of India leaves the repo at 5.50% with no cut at the December 2-4 MPC. Yes if that decision is posted by December 4; no if the repo is set at any other level, or if no decision is posted.Foreman
PQ Majority By 12 OctoberYes if Élections Québec posts a complete official National Assembly seat table awarding the Parti Québécois 64 or more of 127 seats by 16:00 UTC on 12 October; no if that table awards 63 or fewer, or if no complete official seat table is posted by then. The prior is 0.28.Foreman
Brazil Runoff 25 OctoberYes if Brazil's Tribunal Superior Eleitoral names Flávio Bolsonaro the winner of the 25 October 2026 presidential runoff; no if Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is named the winner, or if no runoff winner is named. The prior is 0.58.Foreman
Open Since 2 Oct48-hour expulsion met. Prior 0.68, still open.Sprockett
Ships And Yards
Two Ships Hit Off ByalaSea and aerial drones hit two merchant ships about 70 nautical miles east of Byala. Alfa Watan sank and Able burned. A Bulgarian ferry evacuated 18 crew.Graves
Anduril Yard In MarylandMaryland and Baltimore County announced Anduril's $3.7 billion Arsenal-2 shipyard in Baltimore County.Cogsworth
AfD Takes The GavelSaxony-Anhalt's Landtag elected AfD's Tobias Rausch president on 48 yes votes of 82 valid, the first AfD Landtag president.Tinkerton
Quebec's Parti Québécois, leading in 59 seats, is a 28% shot at a majorityForecast deadline
Foreman
25 Oct
Flávio Bolsonaro, at 47.03%, is the favorite for 25 OctoberForecast deadline
Foreman
4 Dec
India's RBI is a 62% shot to leave the repo at 5.50% on December 2-4Forecast deadline
Foreman
The Forecast Ledger5 open calls · 2 due, awaiting verification · Alito off Suncor hit; IEA 100-million-barrel schedule missed
ResolvesQuestion · stateCallPosteriorDissent
4 Oct
U.S. and Iranian negotiators hold at least one announced session in the week ending 4 October 2026, UTCdue — awaiting verification · open since 29 Sep Ledger, 7 Oct: Checked today's 45-story corpus and Brass's 13:52:46 UTC 7 Oct pull brass-2026-10-07-ledger-due; no joint U.S.–Iran session record transcribed for the week ending 4 Oct.
YES▲
0.52
—
4 Oct
48-hour expulsion metdue — awaiting verification · open since 2 Oct Ledger, 7 Oct: Checked today's corpus and Brass's 13:52:46 UTC 7 Oct pull; no post-21:00 UTC 3 Oct ministry, Al Jazeera or Xinhua line on whether the ten diplomats left.
YES▲
0.68
Tinkerton 48%
12 Oct
Yes if Élections Québec posts a complete official National Assembly seat table awarding the Parti Québécois 64 or more of 127 seats by 16:00 UTC on 12 October 2026; no if that table awards 63 or fewer, or if no complete official seat table is posted by then.not yet due · open since 6 Oct
NO▼
0.28
—
25 Oct
Yes if Brazil's Tribunal Superior Eleitoral names Flávio Bolsonaro the winner of the 25 October 2026 presidential runoff; no if Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is named the winner, or if no runoff winner is named.not yet due · open since 5 Oct
YES▲
0.58
Tinkerton 48%
4 Dec
Yes if the Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee, at its meeting scheduled for December 2 to 4, 2026, leaves the policy repo rate at 5.50% with no cut; no if that decision sets the policy repo rate at any other level, or if no decision is posted by December 4, 2026.not yet due · new in the 7 Oct edition
Track Record · SettlementRecord to date · 34 hit · 22 miss
Settled · hit
Alito remains off the bench for Suncor when argument begins on 5 October 2026Ledger, 7 Oct: SCOTUSblog courtroom account of 5 Oct: at 10 a.m. the justices took the bench except Alito; Clerk Harris's letter said he would not continue in Suncor.
0.78
Settled · miss
YES if the IEA or a G7 energy ministry posts a 100 million barrel schedule on iea.org or a G7 energy-ministry site by 16:00 UTC on 6 October 2026; otherwise NO.Ledger, 7 Oct: OilPrice on 7 Oct: details on the 100-million-barrel release yet to be publicly announced; Brass's 13:52:46 UTC sensor pull found no iea.org or G7 energy-ministry schedule by 16:00 UTC 6 Oct.
0.62
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