Bonds Lose Almost All The Gains After Inflation Warnings in The Data

Bonds Lose Almost All The Gains After Inflation Warnings in The Data

Bonds started out sharply stronger today after Trump walked back previous comments on Fed Chair Powell. Headlines regarding lower tariffs for China also helped, but they helped stocks more. The good times began unravelling with the 9:45am S&P PMI data.  Both manufacturing and services PMIs showed sharp increases in prices.  This is one of the first clear examples of tariffs impacting inflation data. Markets were quite willing to trade the data this time (unlike with the recent CPI/PPI releases--probably because those showed lower inflation in a world that feared higher inflation) with bonds ultimately almost fully erasing the AM gains.

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Bonds Lose Almost All The Gains After Inflation Warnings in The Data

MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 5.5 99.06 +0.29 10YR 4.338% -0.051% 4/24/2025 11:51AM EST
This is an amplification of the previous alert as bonds continue to slide.  MBS are still up a quarter point but down roughly 3/8ths from highs.  Even the later pricing lenders are seeing enough weakness to justify negative reprices.   READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed 6.92% -0.02% 15YR Fixed 6.30% +0.01% 4/24/2025
Mortgage rates are an extension of the financial market, so it's no surprise that they've been more volatile than normal over the past few weeks as markets react to fiscal headlines. The latest dust-up involved Trump's criticism of Fed Chair Powell which resulted in higher rates over the weekend. Now today we've had several comments from Trump (starting yesterday evening) saying that he was never planning to fire Powell and just generally conveying a more measured tone. Fi...   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Thursday, Apr 24
8:30AM Apr/19 Jobless Claims (k) Apr/19 222K 222K 215K
8:30AM Mar Core CapEx (%) Mar 0.1% 0.2% -0.3%
8:30AM Mar Durable goods (%) Mar 9.2% 2% 0.9%
8:30AM Apr/12 Continued Claims (ml) Apr/12 1841K 1880K 1885K
10:00AM Mar Existing home sales (ml) Mar 4.02M 4.13M 4.26M
10:00AM Mar Exist. home sales % chg (%) Mar -5.9% -3% 4.2%
1:00PM 7-Yr Note Auction (bl) 44
5:00PM Fed Kashkari Speech
Friday, Apr 25
10:00AM Apr U Mich conditions Apr 56.5 63.8
10:00AM Apr Consumer Sentiment (ip) Apr 50.8 57.0
10:00AM Apr Sentiment: 5y Inflation (%) Apr 4.4% 4.1%
10:00AM Apr Sentiment: 1y Inflation (%) Apr 6.7% 5%
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Last week, there was a curious, but not uncommon juxtaposition of widespread headlines claiming "lower mortgage rates" and our own headlines suggesting one of the biggest weekly jumps in years.  Neither were incorrect, but only one was timely. Survey-based, weekly data served as fuel for the "lower rate" headlines because it failed to capture most of the rate spike. The methodology, which ... READ MORE