Jason Barlow
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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. 

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Trading Range Fully Restored

MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 5.5 99.66 -0.05 10YR 4.175% -0.002% 4/30/2025 12:34PM 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% +0.00% 15YR Fixed 6.15% -0.02% 4/30/2025
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
Wednesday, Apr 30
7:00AM Apr/25 MBA Purchase Index Apr/25 146.6 153.4
7:00AM Apr/25 MBA Refi Index Apr/25 649.0 673.6
8:15AM Apr ADP jobs (k) Apr 62K 115K 155K
8:30AM Treasury Refunding Announcement (%)
8:30AM Q1 Employment costs (%) Q1 0.9% 0.9% 0.9%
8:30AM Q1 Core PCE Prices QoQ Final Q1 3.5% 3.3% 2.6%
8:30AM Q1 GDP (%) Q1 -0.3% 0.3% 2.4%
8:30AM Q1 GDP deflator (%) Q1 3.7% 3.1% 2.3%
8:30AM Q1 GDP Final Sales (%) Q1 -2.5% 3.3%
8:30AM 10-Year Note Auction
8:30AM Treasury Refunding Announcement (%)
9:45AM Apr Chicago PMI Apr 44.6 45.5 47.6
10:00AM Mar Core PCE Inflation (y/y) (%) Mar 2.6% 2.6% 2.8%
10:00AM Mar Core PCE (m/m) (%) Mar 0.0% 0.1% 0.4%
10:00AM Mar Inflation-Adjusted Spending (Consumption) (%) Mar 0.7% 0.5% 0.4%
10:00AM Mar Pending Home Sales (%) Mar 6.1% 1% 2%
10:30AM Apr/25 Crude Oil Inventory (ml) Apr/25 -2.696M 0.39M 0.244M
Thursday, May 01
7:30AM Apr Challenger layoffs (k) Apr 275.24K
8:30AM Apr/19 Continued Claims (ml) Apr/19 1860K 1841K
8:30AM Apr/26 Jobless Claims (k) Apr/26 224K 222K
9:45AM Apr S&P Global Manuf. PMI Apr 50.7 50.2
10:00AM Apr ISM Manufacturing Employment Apr 44.7
10:00AM Apr ISM Mfg Prices Paid Apr 70.3 69.4
10:00AM Mar Construction spending (%) Mar 0.2% 0.7%
10:00AM Apr ISM Manufacturing PMI Apr 48 49
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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
Jason Barlow
Mortgage Advisor
License:
DRE #02103439