# Macro Stress — 14 October 2026

Cross-asset market stress report for 14 October 2026: Rates and inflation is Elevated.



Scores are research indicators, not loss probabilities.

## Desk read

Rates and inflation is Elevated or Severe.

## Layer scores

| Layer | Score | State |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Rates and inflation | 65 | Elevated |
| Spreads and prices | 50 | Contained |
| Funding transmission | 49 | Contained |
| Cross-asset stress confirmation | 42 | Contained |

## Risk factors

| Factor | Score | State |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Credit spreads | 58 | Building |
| Price trend | 42 | Contained |
| Volatility | 41 | Contained |
| Rates | 81 | Severe |
| Inflation | 52 | Contained |
| Oil stress | 45 | Contained |
| Funding | 58 | Building |
| Labour | 48 | Contained |

## Limits

Downturn probabilities are unavailable pending sufficient historical validation.

- Constituent breadth, A/D and highs/lows: historical membership and price feed required.
- Earnings revisions: consistent consensus estimates and revision history required; direction unknown.
- Private credit: filings extraction and representative issuer coverage required.
- Forced selling: dealer gamma, CTA and vol-control exposure feeds unavailable.
- VIX3M, VVIX and SKEW are diagnostics only; futures contango, relative indices and equity correlation still require data.
- Credit comparisons have limited historical coverage.
- Liquidity is a balance-sheet proxy; historical release timing is unverified.

## Published inputs

| Input | Reading | Observation date |
| --- | --- | --- |
| HY OAS | 316 bp | 2026-10-13
| HY widening · 1 sessions | 5.000000000000027 bp | 2026-10-13
| HY widening · 5 sessions | 13.000000000000034 bp | 2026-10-13
| HY widening · 20 sessions | 40.000000000000036 bp | 2026-10-13
| HY widening · 60 sessions | 47.00000000000002 bp | 2026-10-13
| HY widening · 63 sessions | 45.000000000000014 bp | 2026-10-13
| IG OAS | 83 bp | 2026-10-13
| IG widening · 1 sessions | 0 bp | 2026-10-13
| IG widening · 5 sessions | 0 bp | 2026-10-13
| IG widening · 20 sessions | 2.9999999999999916 bp | 2026-10-13
| IG widening · 60 sessions | 4.999999999999993 bp | 2026-10-13
| IG widening · 63 sessions | 3.9999999999999925 bp | 2026-10-13
| HY minus IG | 233 bp | 2026-10-13
| HY–IG divergence · 20 sessions | 37.00000000000003 bp | 2026-10-13
| HY acceleration · 20 sessions | 34.00000000000007 bp | 2026-10-13
| C&I lending standards | 0 % | 2026-07-01
| C&I tightening · quarterly change | -8.1 pp | 2026-07-01
| S&P drawdown · 252 sessions | -0.17240210617054386 % | 2026-10-13
| S&P return · 20 sessions | 2.896491174877047 % | 2026-10-13
| S&P return · 60 sessions | 4.865731236766591 % | 2026-10-13
| S&P distance from 50DMA | 1.2725745027355462 % | 2026-10-13
| S&P distance from 200DMA | 7.5207392173591625 % | 2026-10-13
| 50DMA relative to 200DMA | 6.169651305205859 % | 2026-10-13
| VIX | 15.27 % | 2026-10-13
| VIX change · 5 sessions | 0.2599999999999998 pp | 2026-10-13
| VIX change · 20 sessions | -1.9299999999999997 pp | 2026-10-13
| S&P realized volatility · 20 sessions | 9.487232180355635 % | 2026-10-13
| VIX / VIX3M · implied maturity slope | 0.8502227171492204 ratio | 2026-10-13
| VVIX · volatility of volatility | 85.38 index | 2026-10-13
| SKEW · tail pricing | 154.74 index | 2026-10-13
| VIX minus realized volatility | 5.782767819644365 pp | 2026-10-13
| 10Y real yield | 2.88 % | 2026-10-13
| 10Y Treasury | 5.21 % | 2026-10-13
| 2Y Treasury | 4.79 % | 2026-10-13
| 3M Treasury | 4.26 % | 2026-10-13
| 10Y breakeven | 2.35 % | 2026-10-14
| 10Y term premium · THREEFYTP10 | 1.0729 % | 2026-10-09
| 10Y real yield change · 63 sessions | 0.56 pp | 2026-10-13
| 10Y yield change · 63 sessions | 0.6600000000000001 pp | 2026-10-13
| 10Y–3M curve | 0.91 pp | 2026-10-14
| Curve inversion pressure | 0 pp | 2026-10-14
| Effective Fed funds · monthly | 3.75 % | 2026-09-01
| Ex-post real policy rate · core PCE | 0.6224040238143935 pp | 2026-08-01
| CPI YoY | 3.7172508442689933 % | 2026-09-01
| CPI · 3m annualized | 4.562342321211887 % | 2026-09-01
| Core CPI YoY | 2.565840844021827 % | 2026-09-01
| Core CPI · 3m annualized | 3.4124037788220596 % | 2026-09-01
| PPI commodities YoY | 9.85006295066957 % | 2026-08-01
| Brent return · 21 sessions | 22.691705790297334 % | 2026-10-06
| Brent return · 63 sessions | 63.97385620915033 % | 2026-10-06
| Brent return · 252 sessions | 89.6869801905338 % | 2026-10-06
| US regular gasoline | 4.331 $/gallon | 2026-10-12
| US regular gasoline return · 4 weeks | 0.2778420930771075 % | 2026-10-12
| US regular gasoline return · 13 weeks | 12.347600518806745 % | 2026-10-12
| US regular gasoline return · 52 weeks | 41.48970924534468 % | 2026-10-12
| US diesel | 6.179 $/gallon | 2026-10-12
| US diesel return · 4 weeks | -1.6865552903739034 % | 2026-10-12
| US diesel return · 13 weeks | 28.836530442035023 % | 2026-10-12
| US diesel return · 52 weeks | 68.59481582537516 % | 2026-10-12
| Brent volatility · 20 available oil prints | 90.41990355538756 % | 2026-10-06
| Wednesday liquidity proxy · 1 weeks | 111.9930000000004 $bn | 2026-10-07
| Wednesday liquidity proxy · 4 weeks | -37.042999999999665 $bn | 2026-10-07
| Wednesday liquidity proxy · 13 weeks | -123.57900000000063 $bn | 2026-10-07
| SOFR minus IORB | -0.9999999999999787 bp | 2026-10-13
| Reserve balances | 3029.659 $bn | 2026-10-07
| NFCI | -0.494 index | 2026-10-02
| NFCICREDIT | -0.026 index | 2026-10-02
| NFCILEVERAGE | 0.137 index | 2026-10-02
| Claims 4w average above 52w low | 0 % | 2026-10-03
| Continuing claims · 13w slope | -8247.252747252747 claims/week | 2026-09-26
| Continuing claims increasing streak | 1 weeks | 2026-09-26
| Sahm rule | 0 pp | 2026-09-01
| Unemployment change · 3m | 0 pp | 2026-09-01
| Payroll growth · 3m | 0.0956624625531699 % | 2026-09-01
| Manufacturing hours change · 3m | 0.29999999999999716 hours | 2026-09-01
| Temporary employment growth · 3m | -0.8255234297108616 % | 2026-09-01

## Sources

AWHMAN, BAMLC0A0CM, BAMLH0A0HYM2, CBOE_SKEW, CBOE_VIX3M, CBOE_VVIX, CCSA, CPIAUCSL, CPILFESL, DCOILBRENTEU, DFII10, DGS10, DGS2, DGS3MO, DRTSCILM, FEDFUNDS, GASDESW, GASREGW, IC4WSA, IORB, NFCI, NFCICREDIT, NFCILEVERAGE, PAYEMS, PCEPILFE, PPIACO, RRPONTSYD, SAHMREALTIME, SOFR, SP500, T10Y3M, T10YIE, TEMPHELPS, THREEFYTP10, UNRATE, VIXCLS, WALCL, WDTGAL, WRESBAL