Small Scale Volatility as Bonds Wait For Jobs Report

Small Scale Volatility as Bonds Wait For Jobs Report

Bonds lost ground this morning despite a weaker S&P PMI headline.  While there were some mitigating factors beyond the headline, we could just as easily conclude that traders are erring on the side of caution heading into a week of Treasury auction supply with another big jobs report on Friday--all while being forced to wait an unknown amount of time to find out where the rubber meets the road on fiscal policies that could further affect the outlook for the economy, inflation, and Treasury issuance.  All told, today's volatility was mild at best and we didn't learn anything new about the bigger picture.

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Small Scale Volatility as Bonds Wait For Jobs Report

MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 5.5 98.41 -0.09 10YR 4.632% +0.034% 1/6/2025 5:00PM EST
Despite some overnight strength, bonds have been selling steadily during domestic hours.  MBS are down just over an eighth of a point on the day, but more than a quarter point from the AM highs.  This isn't necessarily a reprice risk situation due to the timing of the weakness (most lenders saw enough of the weakness before their first rate sheet of the day).  That said, jumpier lenders who priced earlier in the day could be getting antsy. 10yr yields are up...   READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed 7.10% +0.00% 15YR Fixed 6.50% +0.01% 1/6/2025
The bond market and interest rates have arrived at the first full week of the new year almost exactly where they left off before the X-mas/New Year holiday weeks.  There was a small amount of underlying volatility in bonds today, but not enough to translate into volatility for mortgage rates .  This kept the average lender near 7.125% for a top tier conventional 30yr fixed rate. Although the past 2 weeks have been uneventful for rates, the next 2 weeks will be ...   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
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
Tuesday, Jan 07
6:00AM Dec LMI Logistics Managers Index Current Dec 57.3 58.4
8:00AM Fed Barkin Speech
8:30AM Nov Trade Gap (bl) Nov $-78.2B $-78B $-73.8B
8:30AM Nov Imports Nov $351.6B $339.6B
8:30AM Nov Exports Nov $273.4B $265.7B
8:55AM Jan/04 Redbook yy (%) Jan/04 6.8% 7.1%
10:00AM Nov JOLTs Job Quits Nov 3.065M 3.326M
10:00AM Dec ISM Biz Activity Dec 58.2 53.7
10:00AM Dec ISM N-Mfg PMI Dec 54.1 53.3 52.1
10:00AM Dec ISM Services Employment Dec 51.4 51.4 51.5
10:00AM Dec ISM Services Prices Dec 64.4 57.5 58.2
10:00AM Nov USA JOLTS Job Openings Nov 8.098M 7.70M 7.744M
10:00AM Dec ISM Services New Orders Dec 54.2 54.2 53.7
11:30AM 52-Week Bill Auction (bl) 85
11:30AM 42-Day Bill Auction (%) 4.245% 4.280%
1:00PM 10-yr Note Auction (bl) 39
1:00PM 10-Year Note Auction 4.68% 4.235%
4:30PM Jan/03 API weekly crude stocks (ml) Jan/03 -4.022M -0.25M -1.442M
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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