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Broad, Negative Momentum is Masking Normal Market Movers

Broad, Negative Momentum is Masking Normal Market Movers

Tuesday featured a much weaker PPI report that failed to inspire any lasting rally in the bond market. While there were a few ways to reconcile that specific turn of events by examining the internal components of the data, it's also true that bond market momentum has been broadly negative recently.  At times like this, data has to work harder if it wants to push rates lower.  It can even seem like rates move higher whether the data is good or bad. Today's recap video includes an in-depth assessment of this phenomenon. Long story short, things are still mostly logical, as long as we're considering all the pieces on the board.

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Why Does it Feel Like Bonds Can't Win?

MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 6.0 100.00 +0.38 10YR 4.701% -0.101% 1/15/2025 8:44AM EST
Monthly Core CPI 0.2 vs 0.2 f'cast, 0.3 prev unrounded: 0.225 vs 0.240 Annual Core CPI 3.2 vs 3.3 f'cast, 3.3 prev Bonds were already in stronger territory to start the day, but we're seeing additional improvements in the wake of the data. MBS are up 3/8ths and 10yr yields are down almost 10bps at 4.708.  More detailed analysis will follow in the AM commentary.   READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed 7.25% -0.01% 15YR Fixed 6.58% -0.01% 1/14/2025
Mortgage rates officially hit the highest levels since May 2024 yesterday, even though the average was almost imperceptibly higher than last Friday's.  We saw a similarly small move today, but in the opposite direction. In other words, the average rate moved lower by an amount that won't even have an impact on many of yesterday's rate quotes. As always, keep in mind that our rate index is an average of multiple lenders and on days with very small changes, some lenders...   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Wednesday, Jan 15
12:00AM Roll Date - UMBS 15YR, Ginnie Mae 15YR
7:00AM Jan/10 MBA Purchase Index Jan/10 162 127.7000
7:00AM Jan/10 MBA Mortgage Applications Jan/10 33.3% -3.7%
7:00AM Jan/10 Mortgage Market Index Jan/10 224.4 168.4
7:00AM Jan/10 MBA Refi Index Jan/10 575.6 401.1000
7:00AM Jan/10 MBA 30-yr mortgage rate (%) Jan/10 7.09% 6.99%
8:30AM Dec CPI index, nsa Dec 315.61 315.61 315.49
8:30AM Dec m/m Headline CPI (%) Dec 0.4% 0.3% 0.3%
8:30AM Dec m/m CORE CPI (%) Dec 0.2% 0.2% 0.3%
8:30AM Dec y/y Headline CPI (%) Dec 2.9% 2.9% 2.7%
8:30AM Dec y/y CORE CPI (%) Dec 3.2% 3.3% 3.3%
8:30AM Jan NY Fed Manufacturing Jan -12.60 3 0.20
8:30AM Dec Core CPI index, sa Dec 317.685 316.441
9:20AM Fed Barkin Speech
10:00AM Fed Kashkari Speech
10:30AM Jan/10 EIA Gasoline Stocks Change Jan/10 5.852M 2.60M 6.33M
10:30AM Jan/10 EIA Distillate Fuel Production Change Jan/10 -0.021M -0.167M
10:30AM Jan/10 EIA Refinery Crude Runs Change Jan/10 -0.255M 0.045M
10:30AM Jan/10 EIA Cushing Crude Oil Stocks Change Jan/10 0.765M -2.502M
10:30AM Jan/10 Crude Oil Inventory (ml) Jan/10 -1.961M -1.6M -0.959M
10:30AM Jan/10 EIA Distillate Stocks Change Jan/10 3.077M 1.1M 6.071M
10:30AM Jan/10 EIA Heating Oil Stocks Change Jan/10 0.646M -0.632M
10:30AM Jan/10 EIA Gasoline Production Change Jan/10 0.397M -0.081M
10:30AM Jan/10 EIA Crude Oil Imports Change Jan/10 -1.304M 0.278M
11:00AM Fed Williams Speech
11:30AM 17-Week Bill Auction (%) 4.190%
12:00PM Fed Golsbee Speech
12:00PM NOPA Crush Report (%)
2:00PM Fed Beige Book
Thursday, Jan 16
8:30AM Dec Export prices mm (%) Dec 0.2% 0%
8:30AM Dec Export Prices YoY Dec 0.8%
8:30AM Jan/04 Continued Claims (ml) Jan/04 1870K 1867K
8:30AM Dec Import prices mm (%) Dec 0.1% 0.1%
8:30AM Dec Import Prices YoY Dec 1.3%
8:30AM Jan/11 Jobless Claims (k) Jan/11 210K 201K
8:30AM Jan Philly Fed Business Conditions Jan 30.7
8:30AM Jan/11 Jobless claims 4-wk avg (k) Jan/11 213K
8:30AM Jan Philly Fed Prices Paid Jan 31.2
8:30AM Jan Philly Fed New Orders Jan -4.3
8:30AM Jan Philly Fed CAPEX Index Jan 18.8
8:30AM Jan Philly Fed Business Index Jan -5 -16.4
8:30AM Dec Retail Sales (ex-autos) (%) Dec 0.4% 0.2%
8:30AM Dec Retail Sales Ex Gas/Autos MoM Dec 0.2%
8:30AM Dec Retail Sales YoY Dec 3.8%
8:30AM Jan Philly Fed Employment Jan 6.6
8:30AM Dec Retail Sales (%) Dec 0.6% 0.7%
10:00AM Nov Retail Inventories Ex Autos MoM Adv Nov 0.6% 0.1%
10:00AM Nov Business Inventories (% ) Nov 0.1% 0.1%
10:00AM Jan NAHB housing market indx Jan 45 46
10:30AM Jan/10 Nat gas-EIA, change bcf Jan/10 -260Bcf -40Bcf
11:30AM 4-Week Bill Auction 4.245%
11:30AM 8-Week Bill Auction 4.240%
12:00PM Jan/16 15-Year Mortgage Rate Jan/16 6.14%
12:00PM Jan/16 30-Year Mortgage Rate Jan/16 9.93%
4:30PM Jan/15 Central Bank Balance Sheet Jan/15 $6.85T
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Mortgage rates weren't having a great week in the first place.  As of Wednesday, the average lender was already up to the highest levels since June 2024.  But up until that point, there hadn't been too much volatility.   The rising rate trend kicked into higher gear after Friday morning's jobs report.   Officially known as The Employment Situation, the jobs repo... READ MORE
Regional Branch Manager
City First Mortgage
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Licensed in AL, CA, CO, HI, NC, NV, OH, TX, TN