May 18th, 2026
Extended Oil Shock Spells Higher, Sticky Inflation
The amount of inflation priced into 10-year Treasury yields is a little hard to square with what the market is saying about price rises in the near term. Either inflation is going to be high for a long time, and this is something that has changed in the past week or two, or 10-year yields have gone a little too far. Yelena Shulyatyeva, Senior US Economist at The Conference Board, discusses inflation expectations and what happens if oil prices rise higher, for longer.
