Polymarket on macro events: Worth the noise, or just a distraction?

Been looking at some of the macro-related markets on Polymarket recently – things like Fed rate hikes, CPI predictions, even election outcomes. On one hand, it's pretty fascinating to see how the crowd aggregates its sentiment, and sometimes the odds shifts are sharper than what you'd pick up from traditional financial news. It almost feels like a real-time sentiment indicator.

But then I find myself wondering how much of that is actionable, especially for someone trying to trade traditional assets like $SPX500 or $QQQ. For example, the noise around some of the CPI numbers feels intense, but then you look at how $SPX500 moved today, up to 7491.62, or $QQQ hitting 735.31, and it often feels like the market has already priced a lot of it in, or just shrugs off the initial reaction. Is the Polymarket insight more for bragging rights about who predicted correctly, or is there a genuine edge to be found there for a macro trader? I mean, are we just adding another layer of data to sift through that ultimately doesn't change the path of least resistance for something like $GBPJPY, which just hit 215.579 today? I'm genuinely curious if others here integrate Polymarket odds into their trading decisions, or if it's more of a fun side-show.