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Prediction Series · P-162

The Mexican ceiling — ≤4.5%, locked at 93%.

93% probability Mexico's headline annual inflation prints at or below 4.5% in September 2026 — a ceiling 1.4pt above the 3.12% July reading, which was the lowest since May 2020 after four consecutive monthly declines. Resolves ~8 Oct 2026.

Type · Prediction Lock · inflation ceiling Locked · 2026-08-13 · before the September release Resolves · ~2026-10-08 · INEGI National Consumer Price Index (inegi.org.mx) Scored · binary: September 2026 headline annual inflation ≤4.5% yes/no
Mexico September 2026 headline inflation · our locked ceiling
≤ 4.5%
annual INPC · vs 3.12% in July 2026

INEGI reported Mexico's annual inflation falling to 3.12% in July 2026, its lowest since May 2020, with the INPC at 145.169 points and core inflation decelerating to 3.95%. Headline had declined for four consecutive months and sits inside Banxico's target range. Our ceiling sits 1.4pt above that print.

— 1 · The Locked Call

Mexico's September 2026 headline annual inflation lands ≤4.5% — P = 0.93.

We lock a binary: Mexico's headline annual inflation rate for September 2026 prints at or below 4.5%, per INEGI. Confidence 93%.

— 2 · Why it's nail-able

Headline is at a six-year low and falling, with 1.4 points of headroom to the ceiling.

Mexican headline inflation reached 3.12% in July 2026, the lowest reading since May 2020, after four consecutive monthly declines, and sits comfortably inside Banxico's target range. Our ceiling allows 1.4 points of re-acceleration over two months against a decelerating series. Confidence 93%, not higher, because core inflation at 3.95% still runs above headline on persistent service-sector pressure, and the recent decline leaned on fuel-price stabilisation measures and food costs that could unwind. Scored on the first-published headline annual INPC rate.

Locked on 2026-08-13 — scored against the INEGI September 2026 inflation release.

RAOSCAFF locks P-162 on 2026-08-13, before the September release. Scored against Mexico's September 2026 headline annual inflation rate versus a 4.5% ceiling.

Locked
2026-08-13 (commit timestamp on origin/main)
Resolves
~2026-10-08 — INEGI National Consumer Price Index release for September 2026
Source
INEGI, Índice Nacional de Precios al Consumidor — headline annual rate (inegi.org.mx)
Scored by
Binary: YES if Mexico's September 2026 HEADLINE annual inflation rate is ≤4.5%; NO otherwise. Headline INPC — not the core (subyacente) rate, which is a separate and currently higher figure.

Core at 3.95% runs above headline on service-sector pressure, and the fuel and food measures behind the decline could unwind.