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Trading Range Restored. Big Data on Deck

Trading Range Restored. Big Data on Deck

Today's trading was almost a carbon copy of yesterday's with overnight losses, an AM reversal, and gradual improvement that leveled off in the PM hours. With those gains, 10yr yields made a full round trip back to the lower boundary of the pre-tariff trading range of 4.19-4.34.  That doesn't mean anything about the future, but it's an interesting reflection on the recent past. White House comments on Amazon hit stocks early, but everything bounced back even before Amazon clarified its position. Econ data helped bonds hold or add to gains (Confidence and Job Openings). Data gets incrementally more important over the next 3 days, and volatility gets incrementally more likely to pick back up. 

Market Movement Recap
08:49 AM

Modestly weaker overnight and little-changed so far this morning.  MBS down an eighth and 10yr up 2.2bps at 4.229

09:50 AM

Additional gains.  10yr down 1bp at 4.198 and MBS unchanged.

02:03 PM

Holding sideways at best levels.  MBS up an eighth and 10yr down 3.7bps at 4.171

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Trading Range Fully Restored

MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 5.5 99.70 0.00 10YR 4.163% -0.014% 4/29/2025 11:45PM EST
Once again, bonds were modestly weaker overnight and once again, that weakness is being reversed in early trading. Whereas scapegoats were nowhere to be found yesterday morning, Tuesday has a few. The first move followed a comment from the White House regarding reports that Amazon was considering listing tariff impacts on prices. While this has since been clarified, it caused initial selling in stocks and buying for bonds. The 9:30am NYSE open saw both stocks and bonds improv...   READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed 6.81% -0.01% 15YR Fixed 6.17% -0.06% 4/29/2025
It's now been more than a week since mortgage rates ended the day higher than the previous day.  And we haven't recovered quite as much lost ground as 10yr Treasury yields, we're getting pretty close to fully re-entering the narrow range that persisted before the April 2nd tariff announcement.  [thirtyyearmortgagerates] Depending on one's worldview, tariffs could be a good or bad thing.  Let's just say they're a thing that can be good in the right applicat...   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Tuesday, Apr 29
8:30AM Mar Wholesale inventories mm (%) Mar 0.5% 0.7% 0.3%
9:00AM Feb FHFA Home Price Index m/m (%) Feb 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
9:00AM Feb FHFA Home Prices y/y (%) Feb 3.9% 4.8%
9:00AM Feb CaseShiller 20 mm nsa (%) Feb 0.7% 0.1%
9:00AM Feb Case Shiller Home Prices-20 y/y (% ) Feb 4.5% 4.7% 4.7%
10:00AM Apr CB Consumer Confidence (%) Apr 86.0 87.5 92.9
10:00AM Mar JOLTs Job Quits (ml) Mar 3.332M 3.195M
10:00AM Mar USA JOLTS Job Openings Mar 7.192M 7.48M 7.568M
Wednesday, Apr 30
7:00AM Apr/25 MBA Purchase Index Apr/25 153.4
7:00AM Apr/25 MBA Refi Index Apr/25 673.6
8:15AM Apr ADP jobs (k) Apr 108K 155K
8:30AM Treasury Refunding Announcement (%)
8:30AM Q1 Employment costs (%) Q1 0.9% 0.9%
8:30AM Q1 Core PCE Prices QoQ Final Q1 2.6%
8:30AM Q1 GDP (%) Q1 0.4% 2.4%
8:30AM Q1 GDP deflator (%) Q1 3.1% 2.3%
8:30AM Q1 GDP Final Sales (%) Q1 3.3%
8:30AM 10-Year Note Auction
8:30AM Treasury Refunding Announcement (%)
9:45AM Apr Chicago PMI Apr 45.5 47.6
10:00AM Mar Core PCE Inflation (y/y) (%) Mar 2.6% 2.8%
10:00AM Mar Core PCE (m/m) (%) Mar 0.1% 0.4%
10:00AM Mar Inflation-Adjusted Spending (Consumption) (%) Mar 0.6% 0.4%
10:00AM Mar Pending Home Sales (%) Mar -0.3% 2%
10:30AM Apr/25 Crude Oil Inventory (ml) Apr/25 -0.6M 0.244M
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Please note that this newsletter is fiercely apolitical. There is no judgment on whether any given political development is good or bad. We are only interested in how financial and housing markets are reacting.  Significant market volatility has been all over the news since the April 2nd tariff announcement, but this week went a long way toward restoring a sense of calm. In addition to tar... READ MORE
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Angel Island Enterprises, Inc
License:
AIE, Inc CA DRE #02095783
AIE, Inc NMLS #1893832