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Holidays Came and Went Without any Bond Market Fanfare

Holidays Came and Went Without any Bond Market Fanfare

2 weeks ago today, we assumed the bond market would leave the office for the holidays and reassess during the first full week of 2025.  For the most part, that's how things went down.  10yr yields could have ended the week anywhere between 4.5 and 4.6 depending on this morning's data.  The higher levels got the nod due to slightly stronger ISM reading. The end. Bigger movement was always most likely to be on hold until and unless the early January data makes a strong, unified case for or against the economy. The early January data in question starts to roll in throughout the week, but as always, the biggest ticket is Friday's jobs report.

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Holidays Came and Went Without any Bond Market Fanfare

MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 5.5 98.50 -0.11 10YR 4.599% +0.036% 1/3/2025 5:00PM EST
This is more of a "heads-up" alert as there haven't been any major changes in prices in the past few hours.  Instead, Treasury yields have trickled gently to the highest levels of the day with the 10yr up 2.4bps at 4.587.  MBS are been at their lowest levels of the day for about 30 minutes, and just far enough from AM rate sheet print times for some lenders to consider negative reprices.   The best way to use this alert is as a cue to lock if you were a...   READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed 7.10% +0.03% 15YR Fixed 6.49% +0.02% 1/3/2025
The official holiday dates may be in the rearview, but as far as interest rates and underlying bond markets are concerned, this was the last day of the winter holiday season.  The same logic would put the start of the holiday season at December 23rd--a day where the average top tier 30yr fixed rate was exactly the same as it was today. Today's rates had a chance to end up slightly lower, but the bond market responded to a decent showing in this morning's only major e...   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Friday, Jan 03
10:00AM Dec ISM Manufacturing PMI Dec 49.3 48.4 48.4
10:00AM Dec ISM Manufacturing Employment Dec 45.3 48 48.1
10:00AM Dec ISM Manufacturing New Orders Dec 52.5 50.4
10:00AM Dec ISM Mfg Prices Paid Dec 52.5 51.7 50.3
10:30AM Dec/27 Nat gas-EIA, change bcf Dec/27 -116Bcf -127Bcf -93Bcf
11:00AM Fed Barkin Speech
1:00PM Jan/03 Baker Hughes Total Rig Count Jan/03 588 589
1:00PM Jan/03 Baker Hughes Oil Rig Count Jan/03 482 483
Monday, Jan 06
9:15AM Fed Cook Speech
9:45AM Dec S&P Global Composite PMI Dec 55.4 56.6 54.9
9:45AM Dec S&P Global Services PMI Dec 56.8 58.5 56.1
10:00AM Nov Factory orders mm (%) Nov -0.4% -0.3% 0.2%
10:00AM Nov Factory ex-transp mm (% ) Nov 0.2% 0.1%
10:30AM NY Fed Treasury Purchases 6 to 10 yrs (%) $25 million
11:30AM 52-Week Bill Auction (bl) 72
11:30AM 26-Week Bill Auction (bl) 84
11:30AM 3-Month Bill Auction 4.205% 4.230%
11:30AM 6-Month Bill Auction 4.110% 4.135%
1:00PM 3-Year Note Auction 4.332% 4.117%
1:00PM 3-Yr Note Auction (bl) 58
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Even as most of the world has spent the past two days thinking or saying "I can't believe it's 2025 already," mortgage rates won't get back from vacation until next week.  They managed to make it through the entire holiday season without any major drama. That was in sharp contrast to the preceding month which saw a decent drop heading into early December and a sharp spike that accelerated aft... READ MORE
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