Interest Rates Predictions

Browse Interest Rates market predictions and forecasts from well-known financial commentators. Each prediction is tracked from the date it was published to its estimated deadline, then graded correct or wrong based on the outcome.

15 forecasts 12 commentators 50% accuracy 1 correct 1 wrong 13 pending
15 forecasts
Person Subject Forecast* Source Date Deadline** Outcome
Doug Casey Interest Rates Interest rates will rise to and above 1980s levels
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[32:41] I think rates are headed up now in another big cycle. it's going to take them back to and above the levels we saw back in the 80s.

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The David Lin Report 2026-04-01 2030-04-01 pending
Peter Boockvar Interest Rates Interest rates will remain high
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[9:26] Well then interest rates are still going to remain high.

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Wealthion 2026-04-01 2027-12-31 pending
Tavi Costa Interest Rates Rates are going to go substantially lower
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[12:58] I think that there is a a very important macro trade, if you will, that is emerging here, that could be quite significant, which is basically betting that rates are going to go substantially lower.

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Kitco NEWS 2026-03-31 2027-03-31 pending
Jonathan Wellum Interest Rates Interest rates will go up quite a bit
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[9:42] I've got interest rates actually going up quite a bit

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Thoughtful Money 2026-03-22 2026-12-31 pending
Tavi Costa Interest Rates Interest rates will be lowered substantially
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[7:25] We got to lower rates. There's no way around it. And you know the economy requires that rates need to be lower.

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The David Lin Report 2026-03-03 2027-03-03 pending
Michael Gentile Interest Rates Interest rates will be capped at 4-5% maximum for a long time and likely suppressed lower
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[18:57] I think it's going to be very very hard for rates to go up from here. And so I think rates are going to be capped at this four or 5% max level for a long time and likely be suppressed lower

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The David Lin Report 2026-02-17 2028-02-17 pending
Warren Pies Interest Rates Interest rates will decline in 2026
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[0:04] rates are still going to come down this year

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The Julia La Roche Show 2026-02-10 2026-12-31 pending
Lyn Alden Interest Rates Interest rates will not go structurally higher over the next 10 years but will remain choppy sideways
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[22:16] if you have me estimate our interest rates going to go structurally up over the next say 10 years I would say probably not. Uh my base case would be choppy sideways for quite a while.

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The David Lin Report 2026-02-03 2036-02-03 pending
Doug Casey Interest Rates Long-term interest rates will rise to 15-17% levels seen in early 1980s
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[20:15] no matter what the Fed does in the short run, long-term interest rates are headed up back to the levels that they were in the early 1980s, which most people have forgotten, even the US government was paying 15, 16, 17% for for to sell tea bills. U back in the early 1980s, uh we're headed back there just because of the debasement of the currency.

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The David Lin Report 2026-01-05 2029-12-31 pending
Gary Wagner Interest Rates The Fed will cut interest rates in December 2025.
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[3:46] I do think personally we will get a December rate cut.

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The David Lin Report 2025-10-31 2025-12-31

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 25 basis points on December 10, 2025, lowering the federal funds rate target range to 3.50%–3.75%, confirming the prediction was correct. (https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary20251210a.htm)
Grant Cardone Interest Rates Interest rates will be zero by June of next year.
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[0:04] Interest rates will be zero by June of next year.

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The David Lin Report 2025-10-21 2026-06-30 pending
Mark Zandi Interest Rates Fed funds rate will reach 3% by next spring or early summer.
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[24:47] the markets are expecting a 3% funds rate by next spring, early summer. That's kind of the equilibrium rate that's already priced in.

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The David Lin Report 2025-10-13 2026-06-30 pending
Richard Smith Interest Rates Interest rates will go up over the next 5 to 15 years
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[5:17] we have bottomed in that cycle and we're expecting interest rates to go up over the next 5 10 15 years.

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The David Lin Report 2025-10-01 2040-10-01 pending
Tavi Costa Interest Rates Interest rates will be lowered significantly by 2026
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[32:01] 2026, as you asked me the question, I think we're going to um you know, unavoidably lower rates in a big way.

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The David Lin Report 2025-09-10 2026-12-31 pending
Steve Hanke Interest Rates Real interest rates will rise to 2.5% to 3%
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[47:07] Now the real interest rate actually has gone up to about 1.7% or something like that. And I I think I think it probably will go up to, you know, like two and a half or 3% something in that zone.

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The David Lin Report 2025-07-17 2025-12-31

The 10-year TIPS real yield (the standard benchmark for real interest rates) remained well below the predicted 2.5%–3% range throughout 2025. A November 2025 TIPS auction priced at 1.843%, and by end-of-year the rate was still around 1.8–1.9%, far short of the 2.5%–3% target. (https://tipswatch.com/2025/11/20/10-year-tips-reopening-auction-gets-real-yield-of-1-843-to-lukewarm-demand/)