# Macro Stress — 2 November 2026

Cross-asset market stress report for 2 November 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 | 64 | Elevated |
| Spreads and prices | 59 | Building |
| Funding transmission | 52 | Contained |
| Cross-asset stress confirmation | 54 | Contained |

## Risk factors

| Factor | Score | State |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Credit spreads | 65 | Elevated |
| Price trend | 55 | Building |
| Volatility | 52 | Contained |
| Rates | 73 | Elevated |
| Inflation | 52 | Contained |
| Oil stress | 58 | Building |
| Funding | 65 | Elevated |
| 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 | 344 bp | 2026-10-30
| HY widening · 1 sessions | 18.000000000000014 bp | 2026-10-30
| HY widening · 5 sessions | 6.000000000000005 bp | 2026-10-30
| HY widening · 20 sessions | 33.999999999999986 bp | 2026-10-30
| HY widening · 60 sessions | 73 bp | 2026-10-30
| HY widening · 63 sessions | 66.00000000000001 bp | 2026-10-30
| IG OAS | 94 bp | 2026-10-30
| IG widening · 1 sessions | 4.999999999999993 bp | 2026-10-30
| IG widening · 5 sessions | 2.9999999999999916 bp | 2026-10-30
| IG widening · 20 sessions | 8.999999999999996 bp | 2026-10-30
| IG widening · 60 sessions | 15.999999999999993 bp | 2026-10-30
| IG widening · 63 sessions | 15.999999999999993 bp | 2026-10-30
| HY minus IG | 250 bp | 2026-10-30
| HY–IG divergence · 20 sessions | 25 bp | 2026-10-30
| HY acceleration · 20 sessions | -11.000000000000032 bp | 2026-10-30
| C&I lending standards | 1.7 % | 2026-10-01
| C&I tightening · quarterly change | 1.7 pp | 2026-10-01
| S&P drawdown · 252 sessions | -3.0548937002889187 % | 2026-10-30
| S&P return · 20 sessions | -1.847147119149739 % | 2026-10-30
| S&P return · 60 sessions | -1.6847039413952936 % | 2026-10-30
| S&P distance from 50DMA | -1.5201971116114543 % | 2026-10-30
| S&P distance from 200DMA | 3.6979730578327263 % | 2026-10-30
| 50DMA relative to 200DMA | 5.298721175709664 % | 2026-10-30
| VIX | 19.42 % | 2026-10-30
| VIX change · 5 sessions | -0.029999999999997584 pp | 2026-10-30
| VIX change · 20 sessions | 4.110000000000001 pp | 2026-10-30
| S&P realized volatility · 20 sessions | 11.784596915964755 % | 2026-10-30
| VIX / VIX3M · implied maturity slope | 0.9345524542829644 ratio | 2026-10-30
| VVIX · volatility of volatility | 106.43 index | 2026-10-30
| SKEW · tail pricing | 149.76 index | 2026-10-30
| VIX minus realized volatility | 7.6354030840352465 pp | 2026-10-30
| 10Y real yield | 2.6 % | 2026-10-30
| 10Y Treasury | 4.94 % | 2026-10-30
| 2Y Treasury | 4.56 % | 2026-10-30
| 3M Treasury | 4.16 % | 2026-10-30
| 10Y breakeven | 2.34 % | 2026-10-30
| 10Y term premium · THREEFYTP10 | 0.9358 % | 2026-10-23
| 10Y real yield change · 63 sessions | 0.16999999999999993 pp | 2026-10-30
| 10Y yield change · 63 sessions | 0.2400000000000002 pp | 2026-10-30
| 10Y–3M curve | 0.78 pp | 2026-10-30
| Curve inversion pressure | 0 pp | 2026-10-30
| Effective Fed funds · monthly | 3.88 % | 2026-10-01
| Ex-post real policy rate · core PCE | 0.6288403970379797 pp | 2026-09-01
| 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 | 12.842391262869501 % | 2026-09-01
| Brent return · 21 sessions | 2.6089855797282624 % | 2026-10-27
| Brent return · 63 sessions | 33.87710712343663 % | 2026-10-27
| Brent return · 252 sessions | 87.08206686930092 % | 2026-10-27
| US regular gasoline | 4.269 $/gallon | 2026-10-26
| US regular gasoline return · 4 weeks | -4.389697648376256 % | 2026-10-26
| US regular gasoline return · 13 weeks | 4.2236328125 % | 2026-10-26
| US regular gasoline return · 52 weeks | 40.658978583196046 % | 2026-10-26
| US diesel | 6.352 $/gallon | 2026-10-26
| US diesel return · 4 weeks | -0.4700720777185752 % | 2026-10-26
| US diesel return · 13 weeks | 19.555806512328267 % | 2026-10-26
| US diesel return · 52 weeks | 70.84454007530931 % | 2026-10-26
| Brent volatility · 20 available oil prints | 78.67242437488662 % | 2026-10-27
| Wednesday liquidity proxy · 1 weeks | -78.38699999999972 $bn | 2026-10-28
| Wednesday liquidity proxy · 4 weeks | -17.618999999999687 $bn | 2026-10-28
| Wednesday liquidity proxy · 13 weeks | -35.344999999999345 $bn | 2026-10-28
| SOFR minus IORB | 5.000000000000027 bp | 2026-10-30
| Reserve balances | 2893.77 $bn | 2026-10-28
| NFCI | -0.487 index | 2026-10-23
| NFCICREDIT | -0.022 index | 2026-10-23
| NFCILEVERAGE | 0.199 index | 2026-10-23
| Claims 4w average above 52w low | 0 % | 2026-10-24
| Continuing claims · 13w slope | -8961.538461538461 claims/week | 2026-10-17
| Continuing claims increasing streak | 0 weeks | 2026-10-17
| 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