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Bonds Hold On to NFP-Driven Gains Despite Some Push-Back

Bonds Hold On to NFP-Driven Gains Despite Some Push-Back

Whether you view it as a perfectly logical reaction to NFP coming in at 175k vs 243k or a bit too much of a rally relative to the motivation, no one could argue that bond yields were destined to drop after seeing this morning's jobs report.  But employment data is only worth so much these days.  The main event continues to be inflation and we were reminded of that with the 10am ISM Services data.  The ISM headline was actually rate friendly, but the inflation component was the bigger mover, and it was not friendly.  Bonds lost almost all of their post-NFP gains in response, but managed to level off in the PM hours.  Combined with the 2 previous days of green, the net effect is the best closing levels since April 9th.

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UMBS 6.0 100.10 +0.32 10YR 4.512% -0.067% 5/3/2024 5:00PM EST
On most months in modern economic memory, a gain of 175k payrolls would be welcome news for the labor market.  Depending on the context, it still is.  But in today's case, it's much lower than the market expected and not a high enough number to justify the 4.6+ 10yr yields seen yesterday.  Bonds rallied instantly when the news printed, but one rate-friendly jobs report is only a fine tuning adjustment to a rate environment dominated by inflation concerns. Ev...   READ MORE
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30YR Fixed 7.28% -0.09% 15YR Fixed 6.75% -0.07% 5/3/2024
It was an action-packed week for the housing and mortgage market. Wednesday's Fed announcement was the highlight, but we also got several economic reports that caused rate volatility. Thankfully, it was mostly the good kind. The week got off to a slightly stronger start with Monday's only major rate news being updated borrowing estimates from the Treasury Department.  Why would such a thing matter?  Treasuries largely dictate day to day interest rate momentum in...   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Friday, May 03
8:30AM Apr Average workweek hrs (hr) Apr 34.3 34.4 34.4
8:30AM Apr Average earnings mm (%) Apr 0.2% 0.3% 0.3%
8:30AM Apr Private Payrolls (k) Apr 167K 190K 232K
8:30AM Apr Non Farm Payrolls Apr 175K 243K 303K
8:30AM Average Hourly Earnings YoY 3.9% 4% 4.1%
8:30AM Apr Participation Rate Apr 62.7% 62.7% 62.7%
8:30AM Apr Government Payrolls Apr 8K 71K
8:30AM U-6 Unemployment Rate 7.4% 7.3%
8:30AM Apr Manufacturing payrolls (k) Apr 8K 5K 0K
8:30AM Apr Unemployment rate mm (%) Apr 3.9% 3.8% 3.8%
9:45AM Apr S&P Global Services PMI Apr 51.3 50.9 51.7
9:45AM Apr S&P Global Composite PMI Apr 51.3 50.9 52.1
10:00AM Apr ISM Biz Activity Apr 50.9 57.4
10:00AM Apr ISM Services Employment Apr 45.9 49.0 48.5
10:00AM Apr ISM Services New Orders Apr 52.2 54.5 54.4
10:00AM Apr ISM Services Prices Apr 59.2 55.0 53.4
10:00AM Apr ISM N-Mfg PMI Apr 49.4 52.0 51.4
11:00AM Apr Total Vehicle Sales (ml) Apr 15.74M 15.5M
1:00PM May/03 Baker Hughes Oil Rig Count May/03 499 506
1:00PM May/03 Baker Hughes Total Rig Count May/03 605 613
7:45PM Fed Williams Speech
7:45PM Fed Goolsbee Speech
Monday, May 06
11:30AM 52-Week Bill Auction (bl) 70
11:30AM 3-Month Bill Auction 5.250% 5.250%
11:30AM 6-Month Bill Auction 5.155% 5.165%
11:30AM 26-Week Bill Auction (bl) 70
12:50PM Fed Barkin Speech
1:00PM Fed Williams Speech
2:00PM Loan Officer Survey
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It was an action-packed week for the housing and mortgage market. Wednesday's Fed announcement was the highlight, but we also got several economic reports that caused rate volatility. Thankfully, it was mostly the good kind. The week got off to a slightly stronger start with Monday's only major rate news being updated borrowing estimates from the Treasury Department.  Why would such a thin... READ MORE
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