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Bonds Give Up AM Gains After Powell Speech

Bonds Give Up AM Gains After Powell Speech

Bonds made it through the jobs report in good shape with modest gains intact heading into the PM hours. Things changed after that, with the most obvious turning point coinciding with Fed Chair Powell's speech.  If traders had been hoping to hear Powell express some concern over economic momentum, they were disappointed when he said "the economy is fine. It doesn't need us to do anything, really." With that, bonds moved into negative territory and Fed Funds Futures moved back near the week's weakest levels (indicating slightly lower odds of the next rate cut happening in May). 

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Bonds Give Up AM Gains After Powell Speech

MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 5.5 99.78 -0.11 10YR 4.297% +0.026% 3/7/2025 5:00PM EST
Some lenders have already repriced for the worse, but there will likely be quite a few more as MBS are now down to new lows for  the day.  5.5 coupons are roughly a quarter point below the levels at which many lenders created rate sheets for the day.   10yr yields are up 3.1bps at 4.303, also the weakest levels of the day.     READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed 6.79% +0.00% 15YR Fixed 6.20% -0.01% 3/7/2025
The average mortgage lender was briefly able to offer noticeably lower rates this morning compared to yesterday's latest levels. Credit goes to this morning's jobs report for coming in a bit weaker than expected. What do jobs have to do with rates? Rates are based on bonds and bonds are heavily influenced by the state of the economy. Today's jobs report is traditionally the single most important economic report as far as bonds are concerned. In general, weaker economic da...   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Friday, Mar 07
8:30AM Feb Average workweek hrs (hr) Feb 34.1 34.2 34.1
8:30AM Feb Average earnings mm (%) Feb 0.3% 0.3% 0.5%
8:30AM Feb Average Hourly Earnings YoY Feb 4% 4.1% 4.1%
8:30AM Feb Non Farm Payrolls Feb 151K 160K 143K
8:30AM Feb Manufacturing payrolls (k) Feb 10K 5K 3K
8:30AM Feb Participation Rate Feb 62.4% 62.6%
8:30AM Feb Government Payrolls Feb 11K 32K
8:30AM Feb U-6 Unemployment Rate Feb 8% 7.5%
8:30AM Feb Unemployment rate mm (%) Feb 4.1% 4% 4%
8:30AM Feb Private Payrolls (k) Feb 140K 142K 111K
9:00AM Feb Used Car Prices MoM Feb -0.7% 0.4%
9:00AM Feb Used Car Prices YoY Feb 0.1% 0.8%
10:15AM Fed Bowman Speech
10:45AM Fed Williams Speech
12:20PM Fed Kugler Speech
12:30PM Fed Chair Powell Speech
1:00PM Mar/07 Baker Hughes Oil Rig Count Mar/07 486 489
1:00PM Mar/07 Baker Hughes Total Rig Count Mar/07 592 593
1:00PM Fed Kugler Speech
3:00PM Jan Consumer credit (bl) Jan $18.08B $14.5B $40.85B
Monday, Mar 10
11:00AM Feb Consumer Inflation Expectations Feb 3%
11:30AM 52-Week Bill Auction (bl) 76
11:30AM 3-Month Bill Auction 4.210%
11:30AM 6-Month Bill Auction 4.135%
11:30AM 26-Week Bill Auction (bl) 68
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There's a lot for financial markets to digest at the moment. Over the past few weeks, the net effect of that digestion has been good for bonds/rates and bad for stocks. But the prevailing correlation broke down this week and few people in the U.S. truly understand why. That's forgivable, considering there has been a lot to react to in terms of economic data and fiscal updates. Monday's weaker&n... READ MORE
Executive Finance Manager
Central Valley Home Lending
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