What if Japan enters a genuine wage-price spiral for the first time in decades?
A genuine wage-price spiral after decades of stagnation entrenches above-target inflation, forcing the BoJ into a sustained tightening cycle markets are unprepared for and re-rating the entire JGB complex higher.
how we built this number — every step
The class rate is measured from our dated, sourced event library (decade-normalized Poisson — the full table is public at base_rates.json). The variant’s share within its class is the analyst’s editorial call, published so you can audit it. A wider range means thinner precedent. Full recipe: methodology · scored at Reality Check.
The butterfly cascade
How this trigger trickles across markets, left → right — the root shock, its first‑order moves, then the ripple effects. Drag any node; tap a market for its real price history.
Resolution timeline — how this probability is moving
Our model's odds (gold) over time vs the crowd's (Polymarket, blue), from the past toward the 1–3 years horizon. Each dot is a real macro event that nudged the probability — green pushed it up, red pushed it down. Tap a dot for the source. The gold path is an illustrative reconstruction anchored to today's estimate — real dated events, not a live re-estimate history.
What it would mean
If this plays out, it is a risk-off shock. A genuine wage-price spiral after decades of stagnation entrenches above-target inflation, forcing the BoJ into a sustained tightening cycle markets are unprepared for and re-rating the entire JGB complex higher. The trigger decomposes into signed root‑shocks — Inflation expectations ▲ · Inflation surprise ▲ · Real yields ▲ · Risk appetite ▼ — which propagate through our causal graph to the markets below.
If it happens — the markets it would move
Biggest moves first. Projected moves are cascade-model priors; hist A–B% = what comparable past events actually did (measured abnormal returns), and model prior · unmeasured marks markets with no analogue backing yet. Tap any market for its price history.
| Market | Class | Projected move | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tech sector XLK 📈 chart | Equity | ▼ -1.5% hist -1.01–-0.36% · other way -0.47% (n=12) |
| 2 | MicroStrategy MSTRon Hyperliquid 📈 chart | Equity | ▼ -1.5% hist -3.48–+4.87% · other way +31.9% (n=12) |
| 3 | Nasdaq 100 NDXon Hyperliquid 📈 chart | Index | ▼ -1.2% hist -0.78–-0.42% · other way -0.56% (n=12) |
| 4 | 30y Treasury yield DGS30 📈 chart | Rate | ▲ +11bp hist +0.99–+12.81% · other way +5.4% (n=12) |
| 5 | Gold XAUon Hyperliquid 📈 chart | Commodity | ▼ -1.1% hist -0.76–-0.06% · other way +0.47% (n=12) |
| 6 | 10y Treasury yield DGS10 📈 chart | Rate | ▲ +10bp hist +1.54–+10.22% · other way +6.3% (n=12) |
| 7 | Bitcoin BTCon Hyperliquid 📈 chart | Crypto | ▼ -0.9% hist -0.87–+0.61% · other way +7.54% (n=12) |
| 8 | Solana SOLon Hyperliquid 📈 chart | Crypto | ▼ -0.8% hist -2.0–+0.34% · other way -0.48% (n=12) |
| 9 | Hyperliquid (HYPE) HYPEon Hyperliquid | Crypto | ▼ -0.7% model prior · unmeasured |
| 10 | Ether ETHon Hyperliquid 📈 chart | Crypto | ▼ -0.7% hist -3.53–+0.95% · other way +4.46% (n=12) |
| 11 | Arm ARMon Hyperliquid 📈 chart | Equity | ▼ -0.6% hist -7.56–+1.46% · other way +0.73% (n=11) |
| 12 | Homebuilders XHB 📈 chart | Equity | ▼ -0.6% hist -0.5–+0.08% · other way -0.42% (n=12) |
| 13 | Robinhood HOODon Hyperliquid 📈 chart | Equity | ▼ -0.5% hist -2.38–+4.92% · other way +19.04% (n=12) |
| 14 | S&P 500 SPXon Hyperliquid 📈 chart | Index | ▼ -0.5% hist -0.86–+0.11% · other way +1.48% (n=12) |
Probable recommendation
Historical precedent — what analogous events actually did
Across 40 analogous events (overlap‑weighted), as abnormal returns — market beta stripped, so it's the event's own effect, not the market backdrop. Shown at 20 days (persistent) and 5 days (immediate); ↺ fades = the two horizons disagree. Confidence = consistency × sample × significance.
| Asset | History says | Abnormal (20d · 5d) | Hit | n | Confidence | vs cascade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMD AMD | SHORT | -2.1% · 5d -1.3% | 71% | 37 | 0.32 | ✓ matches cascade |
| ARM ARM | SHORT | -6.3% · 5d -6.7% | 69% | 26 | 0.29 | ✓ matches cascade |
| 30y yield DGS30 | LONG | +6bp · 5d +2bp | 58% | 40 | 0.16 | ✓ matches cascade |
| ETH ETH | SHORT | -3.0% · 5d -4.3% | 60% | 36 | 0.14 | ✓ matches cascade |
| Volatility VIX | LONG | +3.5% · 5d +6.3% | 57% | 36 | 0.13 | ✓ matches cascade |
| EURUSD EURUSD | LONG | +0.0% · 5d +0.1% | 57% | 36 | 0.12 | ⚠ differs |
| MU MU | SHORT | -0.8% · 5d -2.0% | 57% | 36 | 0.12 | ✓ matches cascade |
| SOL SOL | SHORT | -1.5% · 5d -6.4% | 58% | 35 | 0.11 | ✓ matches cascade |
| INR INR | SHORT | -0.1% · 5d +0.3% ↺ fades | 57% | 36 | 0.11 | ✓ matches cascade |
| TRY TRY | SHORT | -3.3% · 5d +0.5% ↺ fades | 55% | 36 | 0.10 | ✓ matches cascade |
| HOOD HOOD | LONG | +5.0% · 5d +0.3% | 55% | 35 | 0.09 | ⚠ differs |
| 10y yield DGS10 | LONG | +4bp · 5d +2bp | 54% | 40 | 0.08 | ✓ matches cascade |
| AUD AUD | SHORT | -0.2% · 5d +0.0% ↺ fades | 55% | 36 | 0.08 | ✓ matches cascade |
| COIN COIN | LONG | +5.4% · 5d +3.3% | 53% | 35 | 0.05 | ⚠ differs |