US macro backdrop
The market-wide figures that sit behind every instrument on this site — the same numbers each stock page reports, in one place. Each row carries its own as-of date: the Treasury curve settles a session behind the equity close and the broad dollar is published weekly, so they legitimately differ.
Treasury curve
- 2-year Treasury
- 4.77% (as of 2026-10-19)
- 5-year Treasury
- 4.94% (as of 2026-10-19)
- 10-year Treasury
- 5.15% (as of 2026-10-19)
- 30-year Treasury
- 5.48% (as of 2026-10-19)
- 2s10s slope (10Y − 2Y)
- +38 bp — 10Y 5.15% minus 2Y 4.77%, positively sloped
- 2s30s slope (30Y − 2Y)
- +71 bp — 30Y 5.48% minus 2Y 4.77%, positively sloped
Inflation-linked
- 10-year TIPS real yield
- 2.80% (as of 2026-10-19) — 99th percentile since 2003 (5953 obs)
- Real-yield change
- +6 bp 1d · -11 bp 1w · +12 bp 1m
- 10-year breakeven (implied inflation)
- 2.35% — nominal minus real, same-day
Volatility
- VIX (30-day implied volatility)
- 17.31 (as of 2026-10-20) · -1.13 on the day · 54th percentile (trailing year)
- VIX3M (3-month implied volatility)
- 18.99 (as of 2026-10-20)
- VIX term structure (30d vs 3m)
- 0.91× — contango
Dollar
- Broad dollar index (DTWEXBGS)
- 121.40 (as of 2026-10-16) — 90th percentile since 2006 (5212 obs)
- Broad dollar change
- -0.14% 1d · -0.16% 1w · +2.09% 1m — Fed H.10, published weekly, so the level can trail by up to a week
Scheduled releases
- Next Fed decision (FOMC)
- 2026-10-28 (8 days)
- Next CPI release (BLS)
- 2026-11-10 (21 days)
- Next employment situation (BLS)
- 2026-11-06 (17 days)