Kalshi CPI Futures: Can It Challenge Wall Street?
Kalshi is preparing to enter the institutional inflation derivatives market with proposed exchange-traded futures contracts linked to the U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI). According to Bloomberg's October 23, 2026 report, the prediction-market operator is targeting a December launch for futures tracking both headline CPI and core CPI, which excludes food and energy. The company has engaged Michael Ashton, a former Barclays inflation trader known as the “Inflation Guy,” to help design the contracts and attract institutional interest from major banks and hedge funds











