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The Reasons May be Esoteric, But The Selling is Real

The Reasons May be Esoteric, But The Selling is Real

Bonds sold off today, in spite of a very bond-friendly CPI. One reason for that is the market's assumption that it will need to wait and see what tariffs do to inflation in the coming months. Another reason is the laundry list of reasons discussed in yesterday's recap. A new reason added to today's mix in the form of the passage of the budget framework in the House.  As passed, there is $1.5 trillion in spending cuts staked simply on reassurances from Johnson and Thune. Markets didn't love the implications for Treasury issuance.  The long end of the yield curve (10yr, 30yr, etc) took most of the damage while Fed rate expectations keep the short end of the curve anchored (i.e. a 2yr Treasury won't drift too far above medium term Fed Funds Rate expectations).  So bonds had selling to do and 2s weren't eligible, per se. Result: bigger sell-off than we otherwise would have seen in 10s/30s.  

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The Reasons May be Esoteric, But The Selling is Real

MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 5.5 98.22 -0.14 10YR 4.494% +0.061% 4/11/2025 5:00PM EST
MBS are now down 14 ticks (.44) on the day and from many lenders' rate sheet print times.  If you haven't seen a negative reprice yet, the odds are getting very high.  10yr yields are up 5bps at their weakest levels of 4.402. We'll discuss "why" in today's recap.   READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed 7.07% +0.10% 15YR Fixed 6.48% +0.08% 4/11/2025
This article is not intended to report on the weekly Freddie Mac rate survey, but we'll have to reference it in order to participate in reality. To be fair, Freddie's survey is perfectly real, but it's unfortunately quite stale. That isn't always a problem, but it is today. Freddie reports that this week's mortgage rates fell to 6.62 from 6.64. Per survey methodology, that's the average rate between last Thursday and yesterday. The issue is that there's been a lot of up...   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Friday, Apr 11
12:00AM Roll Date - UMBS 30YR
8:00AM Fed Kashkari Speech
8:30AM Mar Producer Prices (%) Mar -0.4% 0.2% 0%
8:30AM Mar Core Producer Prices YY (%) Mar 3.3% 3.6% 3.4%
8:30AM Mar Core Producer Prices MM (%) Mar -0.1% 0.3% -0.1%
9:00AM Fed Collins Speech
10:00AM Apr Sentiment: 1y Inflation (%) Apr 6.7% 5%
10:00AM Apr Sentiment: 5y Inflation (%) Apr 4.4% 4.1%
10:00AM Apr U Mich conditions Apr 56.5 61.5 63.8
10:00AM Apr Consumer Sentiment (ip) Apr 50.8 54.5 57.0
10:00AM Fed Musalem Speech
11:00AM Fed Williams Speech
Monday, Apr 14
11:00AM Mar Consumer Inflation Expectations Mar 3.6% 3.1%
12:00PM Fed Barkin Speech
1:00PM Fed Waller Speech
6:00PM Fed Harker Speech
7:40PM Fed Bostic Speech
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It was a great week for fans of chaos, volatility, and low interest rates as all 3 were delivered in spades. Despite the presence of several big ticket economic reports, the catalyst was Wednesday afternoon's tariff announcement followed by the international response on Thursday night. For the most part, the market has been responding to tariff news by selling stocks and buying bonds. Because m... READ MORE
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