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Underwhelming (But Friendly) Conclusion

Underwhelming (But Friendly) Conclusion

The present week didn't manage to offer nearly as much excitement as the previous few examples, but that's not necessarily a bad thing considering yields/rates are near the lower boundary of their recent ranges.  Today looked like it may have been a higher rate day at the start of the session, but bonds arrested the selling trend and reversed course after dovish comments from Fed's Waller. Europe's close was also beneficial for US bonds, helping us get all the way back into modestly stronger territory before trading levels flat-lined into the U.S. close. 

Market Movement Recap
10:09 AM

Moderately weaker overnight, following European bonds, but bouncing back a bit after AM data. MBS down 1 tick (.03) and 10yr up 2.7bps at 4.419

12:20 PM

Decent rally at 11am. 10yr now down 1bp at 4.382.  MBS up 3 ticks (.09).

03:09 PM

flat all afternoon.  10yr down 1.8bps at 4.374 and MBS up 5 ticks (.16). 

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Underwhelming But Friendly Conclusion

MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 5.5 99.10 +0.03 10YR 4.392% +0.001% 6/19/2025 10:57PM EST
Much like the Friday after Thanksgiving, we have to wonder what the point is of a trading session without any neighbors (there's actually some guiding principle in setting holiday closures that there should not ever be more than 2 consecutive weekday closures). Much of the market treats such Fridays as the unofficial second day of a 4 day weekend.  While that's far less pronounced on a static date holiday like Juneteenth, the market is nonetheless trading in the same old...   READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed 6.86% -0.01% 15YR Fixed 6.12% -0.01% 6/20/2025
With Thursday being a federal holiday, banks (and more importantly, the underlying market for mortgage related bonds) were closed.  This means that lenders were not able to update mortgage rates .  It turns out that it wouldn't have mattered either way as the average lender has barely budged from Wednesday's levels.  But let's not miss an opportunity to deliver news that's technically good even if only just.  Over the past 3 business days, average rates...   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Friday, Jun 20
12:00AM Roll Date - Ginnie Mae 30YR
8:30AM Jun Philly Fed Prices Paid Jun 41.40 59.80
8:30AM Jun Philly Fed Business Index Jun -4.0 -1 -4.0
10:00AM May CB Leading Index MoM (%) May -0.1% -0.1% -1%
Monday, Jun 23
3:00AM Fed Waller Speech
9:45AM Jun S&P Global Composite PMI Jun 53
9:45AM Jun S&P Global Manuf. PMI Jun 51.2 52
9:45AM Jun S&P Global Services PMI Jun 52.9 53.7
10:00AM May Existing home sales (ml) May 3.95M 4M
10:00AM May Exist. home sales % chg (%) May -1.3% -0.5%
10:00AM Fed Bowman Speech
1:10PM Fed Golsbee Speech
2:30PM Fed Kugler Speech
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This week ended up being underwhelming in terms of interest rate movement despite the much-anticipated Fed announcement on Wednesday. Anticipation aside, there was zero chance of a rate cut at this week's meeting.  While that has some voices in the mortgage/housing space up in arms, our pre-Fed thesis bears repeating.   This doesn't necessarily mean that mortgage rates wo... READ MORE
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