If You Needed Proof That Inflation Data is Back in Fashion...

If You Needed Proof That Inflation Data is Back in Fashion...

On December 18th, one of the most striking takeaways from Fed Chair Powell's press conference was the shift in the Fed's focus from the labor market to inflation data. Said shift was frequently reinforced in subsequent speeches by other Fed members. Traders were left to decide how much they would shift their own playbooks--something that was especially difficult after last week's big jobs report.  Today's CPI was arguably less of a departure from forecasts than the jobs report, but the market reaction has been much more pronounced (in a good way).

Market Movement Recap
09:11 AM

stronger overnight with additional gains after CPI data.  MBS up half a point and 10yr down 12.3bps at 4.678

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MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 6.0 100.13 +0.51 10YR 4.674% -0.128% 1/15/2025 11:59AM EST
On December 18th, one of the most striking takeaways from Fed Chair Powell's press conference was the shift in the Fed's focus from the labor market to inflation data. Said shift was frequently reinforced in subsequent speeches by other Fed members. Traders were left to decide how much they would shift their own playbooks--something that was especially difficult after last week's big jobs report.  Today's CPI was arguably less of a departure from forecasts than the jobs ...   READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed 7.13% -0.12% 15YR Fixed 6.52% -0.06% 1/15/2025
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 (%) 4.210% 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