Traders Buy The Dip After AM Data

Traders Buy The Dip After AM Data

After a bit of overnight strength and an early morning pull-back, bonds were right in line with yesterday afternoon's levels ahead of the 10am data.  JOLTS (job openings) pushed yields back to yesterday's highs--perhaps with some help from the Senate's passage of the spending bill, but at that point, traders bought the dip in bond prices and pushed back into the day's range.  It wasn't enough to get back to positive territory, but it made the day less of an obvious turning point in the bigger-picture.  Perhaps a better way to say it would be that bonds still look open-minded when it comes to responding to Thursday's jobs report and next week's CPI.

Market Movement Recap
10:34 AM

slightly stronger overnight, but progressively weaker in the AM--especially after 10am econ data.  MBS down 7 ticks (.22) and 10yr up 3.2bps at 4.256

12:01 PM

10yr yields are up 5bp at 4.273.  MBS down a quarter point.

02:59 PM

Modest recovery.  MBS down only 5 ticks (.16) now.  10yr up 2.5bps at 4.25

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Traders Buy The Dip After AM Data

MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 5.5 99.93 -0.14 10YR 4.241% +0.016% 7/1/2025 5:00PM EST
MBS are now down a quarter point on the day and just over a quarter from the highs.  Lenders who priced early in the morning are seeing 6 ticks (.19) of weakness from rate sheet print times and are thus at risk of repricing. 10yr yields are up 5bp at 4.273.  Data drove the initial selling, but potential Senate passage of the spending bill is keeping the pressure on.     READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed 6.67% +0.00% 15YR Fixed 5.91% +0.00% 7/1/2025
It's been 88 days since the average 30yr fixed mortgage rate was as low as it is today--close enough to 3 months.  Some lenders may be higher or lower than they were yesterday depending on whether or not changed rates yesterday afternoon. Mortgage lenders prefer to set rates once per day, but can "reprice" if the underlying bond market moves enough in one direction or the other. Bonds improved enough yesterday afternoon for many lenders to offer slightly lower rates.&n...   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Tuesday, Jul 01
9:30AM Fed Chair Powell Speech
9:45AM Jun S&P Global Manuf. PMI Jun 52.9 52 52
10:00AM Jun ISM Manufacturing Employment Jun 45.0 47 46.8
10:00AM May Construction spending (%) May -0.3% -0.2% -0.4%
10:00AM May JOLTs Job Quits (ml) May 3.293M 3.194M
10:00AM May USA JOLTS Job Openings (ml) May 7.769M 7.3M 7.391M
10:00AM Jun ISM Mfg Prices Paid Jun 69.7 69 69.4
10:00AM Jun ISM Manufacturing PMI Jun 49.0 48.8 48.5
10:10AM Jul IBD economic optimism Jul 48.6 50.1 49.2
7:00PM Jun Total Vehicle Sales (ml) Jun 15.3M 15.5M 15.65M
Wednesday, Jul 02
7:00AM Jun/27 MBA Purchase Index Jun/27 165.2
7:00AM Jun/27 MBA Refi Index Jun/27 713.4
7:30AM Jun Challenger layoffs (k) Jun 93.816K
8:15AM Jun ADP jobs (k) Jun 95K 37K
10:30AM Jun/27 Crude Oil Inventory (ml) Jun/27 -2.26M -5.836M
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After going to great lengths to explain why the Fed Funds Rate isn't the same as mortgage rates, we'll now have to discuss how the Fed nonetheless found a way to push rates lower this week. We already know the Fed held rates steady last week, and we've discussed the fact that mortgage rates wouldn't necessarily have fallen even if the Fed had cut the Fed Funds Rate. But mortgage rates definitel... READ MORE