Two public signals behind the macro call: inflation and growth.
Inflation — 10-year breakevens
FRED T10YIE · as of 28 Sep
What the bond market expects inflation to average over the next ten years. The 10-year Treasury yield minus the 10-year inflation-protected yield. The gap is the inflation the market is pricing.
20-day mean
2.3485
the fast line
100-day mean
2.3168
the level it must cross
daily reading · 100-day mean · 100 readings, 6 May → 28 Sep · low 2.18, high 2.49
The 20-day mean sits above the 100-day mean by 0.032. Over the last 5 readings it has pulled away from it by 0.011. Close that gap and the box goes reflation → goldilocks.
FRED T10YIE · means filed with decision 7ece986e, 09-29 07:06 UTC · series read from cache/fred_T10YIE.json, 2026-09-29 01:16 UTC
Growth — high-yield credit spread
FRED BAMLH0A0HYM2 · as of 25 Sep
The extra yield lenders demand from the weakest borrowers over Treasuries. Option-adjusted spread on US high-yield bonds. It widens when lenders get nervous, so the rule reads it inverted: narrowing means growth up.
20-day mean
2.7015
the fast line
100-day mean
2.7289
the level it must cross
daily reading · 100-day mean · 100 readings, 12 May → 25 Sep · low 2.60, high 2.93
The 20-day mean sits narrower than the 100-day mean by 0.027. Over the last 5 readings it has closed on it by 0.027. Close that gap and the box goes reflation → stagflation.
FRED BAMLH0A0HYM2 · means filed with decision 7ece986e, 09-29 07:06 UTC · series read from cache/fred_BAMLH0A0HYM2.json, 2026-09-29 01:16 UTC