From the futures desks of Wall Street to the prediction exchanges, the verdict is nearly written: Christopher Waller, current Federal Reserve Governor and Trump-era appointee, stands at 91% odds to receive the formal nomination for Fed Chair, per Polymarket's latest accounting. The market has spoken with the confidence of a man who has already reserved his corner office. The stakes are considerable — the Federal Reserve Chair commands the levers of American monetary policy, setting interest rates that ripple from Main Street mortgages to global bond markets. With Jerome Powell's term as Chair expiring in May 2026, the question of succession carries weight enough to move markets on both sides of the Atlantic. Prediction markets, buoyed by nearly four million dollars in daily trading volume, have coalesced around Waller with a conviction rarely seen in political forecasting. Should another candidate — Kevin Warsh or Kevin Hassett among the names occasionally whispered in the corridors — emerge as Trump's preference, those odds would unravel swiftly.