No Drama Today. How About Tomorrow?

No Drama Today. How About Tomorrow?

After a slightly bumpy start for reasons that remain unknown, the bond market settled into an uneventful sideways grind that lasted through the 3pm CME close. Both MBS and Treasuries were effectively unchanged and the latter didn't give a second thought to a fairly weak 3yr Treasury auction. Trade headlines were less than meaty, but talks between the US and China are now said to potentially move into a 3rd day. That means tomorrow's calendar will be shared between trade-related headlines, a 10yr Treasury auction (more relevant than the 3yr) and CPI data. As far as this week is concerned, this is as action-packed as we've seen the calendar, although that's not saying too much given prevailing sentiment toward inflation data.  Specifically, the market cares more about how it looks several months from now.  It's not that it can't have an impact, but it would likely be dulled by the caveats.

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No Drama Today. How About Tomorrow?

MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 5.5 99.02 +0.34 10YR 4.423% -0.053% 6/11/2025 5:00PM EST
Although bonds are experiencing a small amount of volatility this morning, it isn't consequential in the bigger picture.  Quick-but-modest weakness at 10:15am ET has essentially taken MBS back to unchanged levels.  10yr yields rose 2bps and are still almost 1bp lower. In the absence of relevant econ data, it falls to the Treasury auction and trade-related headlines to inform any bigger-picture momentum. As always, there's a slightly better than random possibility of...   READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed 6.89% -0.04% 15YR Fixed 6.20% -0.01% 6/11/2025
It was a fairly boring day on what has turned out to be a fairly boring week so far for mortgage rates .  After Friday's larger spike, we've seen a microscopic recovery on each of the past 2 days. In terms of specific index levels, this equates to a 0.04% drop in the top tier 30yr fixed rate for the average lender.  This is roughly one third of the minimum increment that separates typical mortgage rate offerings.  In other words, it isn't a huge move by any ...   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Wednesday, Jun 11
12:00AM Roll Date - UMBS 30YR
7:00AM Jun/06 MBA Purchase Index Jun/06 170.9 155.0
7:00AM Jun/06 MBA Refi Index Jun/06 707.4 611.8
8:30AM May m/m Headline CPI (%) May 0.1% 0.2% 0.2%
8:30AM May y/y Headline CPI (%) May 2.4% 2.5% 2.3%
8:30AM May m/m CORE CPI (%) May 0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
8:30AM May y/y CORE CPI (%) May 2.8% 2.9% 2.8%
10:30AM Jun/06 Crude Oil Inventory (ml) Jun/06 -3.644M -2M -4.304M
1:00PM 10-yr Note Auction (bl) 39
2:00PM May Federal budget, $ (bl) May $-316B $-325B $258B
Thursday, Jun 12
8:30AM Jun/07 Jobless Claims (k) Jun/07 248K 240K 247K
8:30AM May/31 Continued Claims (ml) May/31 1956K 1910K 1904K
8:30AM May Core Producer Prices MM (%) May 0.1% 0.3% -0.4%
8:30AM May Core Producer Prices YY (%) May 3% 3.1% 3.1%
8:30AM May Producer Prices (%) May 0.1% 0.2% -0.5%
12:00PM WASDE Report (%)
1:00PM 30-Yr Bond Auction (bl) 22
1:00PM 30-Year Bond Auction 4.844% 4.819%
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For nearly 2 months, rates have been in limbo, stuck between the lower, more stable levels seen in March and the higher range seen at the beginning of the year. With many market participants waiting for more clarity on trade policies, it has been up to major economic data to make a case for any major moves in rates. The first week of any given month always has an action-packed economic calendar... READ MORE