Fed Chair Powell is going decisively out of his way to avoid making any commitments about the timing of the next rate cut. At the same time, his cryptic answers are being interpreted by the...
The verbiage changes in the announcement were underwhelming for those hoping to see more of a September rate hike clue.
Full breakdown here
Bonds are quickly off their best le...
Recent indicators suggest that economic activity has continued to expand at a solid pace. Job gains have remained strong, moderated, and the unemployment rate has remained moved up but remai...
While there is still one market moving economic report left this morning, the first two have been bond friendly with both ADP and the Employment Cost Index (ECI) coming out lower than expected.&n...
Bond yields dropped sharply, but not too significantly just before 1pm, apparently in reaction to the following newswires:
LEBANESE MEDIA ARE REPORTING AN EXPLOSION IN THE DAHIEH SUBURB OF ...
The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) became an occasionally major market mover over the past few years as traders looked for any available clues about the rapidly changing labor mar...
There hasn't been any quick or alarming movements in the bond market this morning, but there has been a slow drift down to the weakest levels of the day in MBS. It's possible that early-pri...
Bonds were moderately stronger overnight with some of the improvement seen right at the start of the session and a majority following the start of European trading. There were no standout f...
After yesterday's quarter over quarter core PCE price index came in 0.2% higher than expected, we knew today's monthly PCE data would have to include higher numbers divided across the months...
It was easy to question the notion of "data dependence" in the first half of the week, largely because there wasn't much in terms of meaningful economic data. There were also several instan...
Losses have continued after the 5yr Treasury auction and bonds are now in negative territory. 10yr yields are up 1.7bps at 4.268. MBS are now down 1 tick (.03) on the day and 6 ticks ...
5yr auction
4.121 vs 4.110 expectations
bid to cover
2.4 vs 2.36x avg
Bonds are losing ground after the 5yr Treasury auction even though it was only slightly weake...
While they may not be the most highly consequential economic reports on any given month, today's S&P Global PMIs were our best shot to see some volatility in the bond market today. In t...
S&P Services PMI
56 vs 55 f'cast, 55.3 prev
S&P Manufacturing PMI
49.5 vs 51.7 f'cast, 51.6 prev
These PMIs from S&P Global are the day's most relevant ...
While there were technically a few MBS bids that suggest a 5 tick (.16) gap, the modal high is exactly an eighth of a point above current levels in 5.5 UMBS. This leaves the jumpiest lender...
This morning's market movement continues to build a case against yesterday's mid-day sell-off being serious and purposeful. Bonds have continued to rally back gradually since topping out ju...
Modest overnight gains are quickly evaporating. MBS are down 2 ticks on the day and more than an eighth of a point from rate sheet print times. Negative reprices are becoming a risk. ...
If there was any remaining doubt that recent political headlines were given too much credit for impacting the bond market, it was removed late Sunday night. When Treasury trading began for ...
This week's bond rally hit a wall at the 3pm close on Wednesday. There's been gradual upward pressure since then with today's overnight session seeing some of the fastest selling.
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MBS are now at the lows of the day, down 5 ticks (.16) in 5.5 coupons. Lenders who priced near the highs of the morning are seeing 6 ticks (.16) of weakness.
10yr yields are ...
Today's Jobless Claims report is for the week ending July 13th. This is important because the establishment survey for the big jobs report (nonfarm payrolls) is conducted on the week that i...
Just because an economic calendar is full doesn't mean it's of any major importance to the bond market. Today fits the bill with the two economic headliners being Housing Starts and Industr...
Retail Sales was/is the biggest data point of the week and it came out perfectly unchanged. This was as-expected according to some data aggregators and stronger than expected according to o...
Retail Sales
0.0 vs 0.0 f'cast, 0.1 prev
Retail Sales Excluding Gas and Autos
+0.8, highest since January
Despite coming in right in line with forecasts at the head...
MBS have fallen fairly gently to the lows of the day with 5.5 coupons now down 6 ticks (.19). That said, lenders are seeing a maximum of an eighth of a point of weakness from intraday highs...
While there's no way objectively quantify the political ramifications of the failed assassination attempt on former President Trump over the weekend, history suggests--at the very least--that suc...
The Producer Price Index (PPI) is certainly not in the same league as CPI when it comes to bond market impact, but there have been several notable reactions in the past year. It was a conce...
Core PPI M/M
0.4 vs 0.2 f'cast
last month revised to 0.3 from 0.0
Core Annual PPI
3.0 vs 2.5 f'cast, 2.3 prev
Thankfully, PPI is not in the same league as CPI.&n...
This is more of a heads-up than a true reprice alert although risks can't be ruled out completely. Bonds have drifted away from their best levels of the day after the 30yr bond auction and ...
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is the most important economic report for the bond market these days. The most important line item in that report is month over month core CPI, which excludes...
Core CPI M/M
0.1 vs 0.2 f'cast, 0.2 prev
Core CPI Y/Y
3.3 vs 3.4 f'cast, 3.4 prev
Pretty straightforward outcome here. CPI was high stakes and this is quite a...