bond yields slipped friday after reaching milestone highs following hot inflation data as a key report on retail sales awaits data released on thursday showed the consumer price index rising a hotterthanforecast 04 in september with the yearoveryear rate at 82 “the prospect of a 75bp hike at the november fomc meeting received a boost last week from the surprise fall in the us unemployment rate last week to 35 and the rise in core inflation to 65 in september will only harden the fed’s conviction that more tightening medicine is required” said strategists at societe generale friday will also see the release of key economic data with september retail sales and the october release of the university of michigan consumer sentiment report due for release kansas city fed president esther george and fed gov lisa cook also are due to speak traders also will be looking at the situation in the uk where a temporary bank of england gilt purchase program is slated to expire gilt yields tmbmkgb30y fell for a second day on the prospect of further fiscal policy reversals from the uk government