SOFR & Treasury options trade outlined below. Wing buyers on net after better unwinds late last week. Underlying futures modestly lower, inside narrow overnight ranges. Projected rate pricing vs. late Friday lvls (*): Jun'26 at -1.2bp (-1.5bp), Jul'26 at -2.1bp (-3.1bp), Sep'26 at -2.0bp (-3.2bp), Oct'26 at -0.1bp (-1.1bp), Dec'26 +3.1bp (+1.5bp).
SOFR Options:
+10,000 0QV6 96.06/96.31 put spds, 9.75 ref 96.335
+1,000 FVM6 107.75 straddles, 32 vs. 107-28.5/0.02%
-2,250 TYQ6 108 puts, 21 vs 110-10.5
+2,100 TUQ6 103.5/103.75 call spds, 7.5
-10,000 TYM6 108.5/111 put spds, 36 net ref 110-19
TYM6 109 puts, 3 ref 110-18.5
-1,500 TYM6 110 puts, 12 vs. 110-17/0.29%
2,500 FVM6 107.25/107.75 2x1 put spds, 4 ref 107-23.25
MNI: US NAR: APR EXISTING HOME SALES 4.02M SAAR
May-11 14:00
MNI: US NAR: APR EXISTING HOME SALES 4.02M SAAR
US INFLATION: Main Expected Drivers Of US CPI In April
May-11 13:59
Energy inflation won’t be able to match its March surge, acting as a sequential drag, although food inflation should bounce:
Food (+ve): Food inflation is expected to have returned to a more typical 0.3% M/M after an unusually soft March at -0.01% M/M when food at home fell -0.16% M/M (largest decline since Apr 2025 and before that Mar 2023). This category should give an idea of passthrough from higher transportation and fertilizer costs.
Energy (-ve): Energy prices are expected to have seen a strong increase in April of ~3.5% M/M, again led by gasoline, but it should be much slower than the historically sharp 10.9% M/M energy increase in March.
For core, beyond an artificial boost for rental inflation, expect some offsetting drivers from travel-related services (airfares vs lodging). Core goods might also see some conflicting drivers, with used car prices no longer falling but softer apparel inflation somewhat countering that.
Rents (large +ve): This is expected to be one of the main new drivers of core, with the six-month sample rotation seeing essentially twice the rate of inflation as it compares prices from a year ago rather than six months ago when they couldn’t be collected in Oct 2025 due to the government shutdown. The average estimate sees OER at 0.49% M/M (range 0.40-0.62) after 0.28% in March whilst primary rents is seen at 0.43% M/M (range 0.38-0.60) after 0.19% in March.
Used cars (+ve): On average seen at 0.2% M/M (range -0.4 to 1.0%) after the surprisingly soft -0.4% M/M in March, with a lagged relationship with Manheim prices pointing to larger increases.
Airfares (+ve): Mostly expected to show another strong increase (average 3.1% M/M sa) after 2.7% in March as high jet fuel prices feed through. There’s a wide range to estimates, from -0.9% to 6.4% M/M, for this category which doesn’t feed into core PCE.
Lodging (-ve): Countering potentially faster airfares inflation, lodging is mostly expected to come in softer than in March, with an average estimate of -0.1% M/M for April (range -1.0% to 0.6%) after 0.2% in March.
Apparel (-ve): Seen on average rising 0.3% M/M (range -0.2% to 0.7%) after two very strong increases of 1.0% in March and 1.3% in Feb in what was its strongest single month since 2018. Nomura, close to the average estimate for apparel, cite a non-seasonally adjusted decline in the Adobe Digital Price series.
[Note that the below table shows an updated estimate for UBS, with core seen at 0.37% M/M vs the 0.41% in our initial unrounded-only table. It doesn't alter the unrounded-only median of 0.36% M/M for core (or 0.56% M/M for headline).]