Bonds Dial Back Ahead of Big Jobs Report

Bonds Dial Back Ahead of Big Jobs Report

It was a fairly interesting day for bonds, relative to the calendar of scheduled events.  Domestic econ data was unimportant and markets traded accordingly from 8:30-8:45am. At that point, the European Central Bank announcement hit the wires and the takeaway was fairly hawkish, despite the rate cut.  At the same time, newswires made the rounds regarding a Trump/Xi phone call that could lead to future meetings and improved trade relations--a narrative that's generally produced "risk-on" results for stocks and bonds. Then in the afternoon, stocks pulled back as Trump and Musk exchanged words on social media (TSLA down about 16% on the day). Lastly, we could also be seeing both sides of the market moving to cash to some extent ahead of the jobs report. Either way, the willingness to react to data so far this week means Friday's jobs data should be treated with just as much respect as normal.

Market Movement Recap
08:44 AM

Weaker after NFP.  MBS down 6 ticks (.19) and 10yr up 5.7bps at 4.453

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Bonds Dial Back Ahead of Big Jobs Report

MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 5.5 98.63 -0.35 10YR 4.497% +0.102% 6/6/2025 2:00PM EST
Nonfarm Payrolls 139k vs 130k f'cast, 147k prev Unemployment Rate 4.2 vs 4.2 f'cast/prev As we discussed yesterday, Wednesday's data led the market to price in a slightly weaker result than forecasts indicated.  That's why we're seeing a bit of selling in response to the as-expected result (previous month revisions more than offset the 9k beat in NFP, actually). 10yr yields are up 3.7bps at 4.432 and MBS are down 2 ticks (.06).    READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed 6.97% +0.08% 15YR Fixed 6.22% +0.08% 6/6/2025
Mortgage rates began the day perfectly in line with yesterday's latest levels for the average lender. By the afternoon, the underlying bond market had lost enough ground that a handful of lenders were forced to issue mid-day reprices thus taking the average just a bit higher. Unlike the past few days, there wasn't a highly important economic report to cause volatility this morning. The underlying bond market drifted into progressively weaker territory on a combination of f...   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Friday, Jun 06
8:30AM May Participation Rate May 62.4% 62.6%
8:30AM May Average earnings mm (%) May 0.4% 0.3% 0.2%
8:30AM May Non Farm Payrolls (k) May 139K 130K 177K
8:30AM May Unemployment rate mm (%) May 4.2% 4.2% 4.2%
10:00AM Fed Bowman Speech
3:00PM Apr Consumer credit (bl) Apr $17.87B $10.85B $10.17B
Monday, Jun 09
10:00AM Apr Wholesale inventories mm (%) Apr 0% 0.4%
11:00AM May Consumer Inflation Expectations May 3.6%
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In addition to being shorter than normal due to the Memorial Day holiday, there wasn't much meat on this week's event calendar--at least not as far as the rate market was concerned. Earnings releases caused some volatility in the stock market, but rates drifted sideways to slightly lower after a larger drop on Tuesday. Interestingly enough, Tuesday's drop was more to do with bond market improve... READ MORE