Bonds Firing on All Cylinders After Data and Treasury Supply

Bonds Firing on All Cylinders After Data and Treasury Supply

The bond market was in flow state on Tuesday with decent overnight gains, steady buying after economic data, a strong 7-yr auction despite the rally, and additional buying after the 7-yr auction. It was as if every cue was a green light for buyers. This can be rationalized as a combination of decently friendly data and Treasury supply timing. Yesterday's auctions didn't benefit from the updated Treasury borrowing estimates.  Also, those buyers weren't sure how today's auctions would go. By the time we got to today's 7-yr, we knew what the quarterly refunding announcement looked like, all the other auctions were out of the way, data was reasonably helpful, and we suspect some early month-end buyers thought the time was right to get what they needed for Thursday. Perfect little storm? Sure, why not? Continuation likely requires more friendly data tomorrow.  Bonds won't want to take too big a lead-off ahead of NFP Friday without serious justification. 

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Bonds Firing on All Cylinders

MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 5.5 99.60 -0.02 10YR 4.326% +0.005% 7/30/2025 3:53AM EST
There's no mistaking the fact that bonds are trading in a boring, narrowing, sideways range in the bigger picture, nor could anyone claim that today's trading does anything to change that fact.  But for those who will take every little victory they can get, the day is off to a good start.  Bonds were initially flat in the overnight session, but began improving a few hours before U.S. trading opened. The 10am econ data was the focus and essentially none of it was unf...   READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed 6.75% -0.02% 15YR Fixed 6.03% +0.00% 7/30/2025
After three straight days at exactly the same level, average 30yr fixed rates began to move lower again on Tuesday. It should immediately be clarified that the word "began" implies a certain likelihood of continuation whereas no such likelihoods can be guaranteed when it comes to the bond/rate market. In other words, rates did indeed begin to move lower again, but they could stop moving lower as early as tomorrow. One slight advantage in the present scenario is that the bon...   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Tuesday, Jul 29
8:30AM Jun Wholesale inventories mm (%) Jun 0.2% -0.1% -0.3%
9:00AM May FHFA Home Prices y/y (%) May 2.8% 3%
9:00AM May FHFA Home Price Index m/m (%) May -0.2% -0.1% -0.4%
9:00AM May CaseShiller 20 mm nsa (%) May 0.4% 0.8%
9:00AM May Case Shiller Home Prices-20 y/y (% ) May 2.8% 3% 3.4%
10:00AM Jul CB Consumer Confidence (%) Jul 97.2 95.8 93.0
10:00AM Jun JOLTs Job Quits (ml) Jun 3.142M 3.293M
10:00AM Jun USA JOLTS Job Openings (ml) Jun 7.437M 7.55M 7.769M
11:30AM 2-Year FRN Auction (%) 0.159% 0.157%
11:30AM 2-Yr Note Auction (bl) 30
1:00PM 7-Yr Note Auction (bl) 44
Wednesday, Jul 30
7:00AM Jul/25 MBA Refi Index Jul/25 739.3 747.5
7:00AM Jul/25 MBA Purchase Index Jul/25 155.6 165.1
8:15AM Jul ADP jobs (k) Jul 104K 75K -33K
8:30AM Q2 GDP (%) Q2 3% 2.4% -0.5%
8:30AM Q2 GDP deflator (%) Q2 2% 2.2% 3.8%
8:30AM Q2 GDP Final Sales (%) Q2 6.3% -3.1%
8:30AM Q2 Core PCE Prices QoQ Final Q2 2.5% 2.3% 3.5%
10:00AM Jun Pending Home Sales (%) Jun -0.8% 0.3% 1.8%
10:30AM Jul/25 Crude Oil Inventory (ml) Jul/25 7.698M -2M -3.169M
2:00PM Fed Interest Rate Decision 4.5% 4.5% 4.5%
2:30PM Fed Press Conference
2:30PM Powell Press Conference
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Mortgage rates ended the week at exactly the same levels as last Friday on  average.  This isn't too surprising given the extremely light and inconsequential nature of this week's scheduled economic data. Things get highly consequential next week with the arrival of the monthly jobs report—a cornerstone of market movement that nearly always generates one of the biggest trading d... READ MORE