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Bond Traders Quickly Revise Their Bullishness

Bond Traders Quickly Revise Their Bullishness

"Revision" is the word of the day as every armchair economist struggles to understand how the NFP revisions could be so big.  Given that it's not 2020 or 2021, today's revisions were indeed on the large side (those years were MUCH larger... 2021's average NFP revisions was 159k). It speaks to a marked deterioration in the labor market or some limitation in BLS manpower/funding or methodology. Either way, markets traded it in a massive way.  2yr yields (more closely linked to Fed Funds Rate expectations) fell almost 30bps! Mortgage rates are back to mid October levels. 

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Bond Traders Quickly Revise Their Bullishness

MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 5.5 100.08 +0.67 10YR 4.219% -0.152% 8/1/2025 5:00PM EST
Non-farm payrolls came in at 73k vs 110k, which is a pretty good thing for the bond market in and of itself.  But the bigger story is in the net revisions to the last 2 months. 139k reported in June became 19k.  147k reported last month was revised to 14k!  That means, on average, the last 2 NFPs were 126.5k lower.  It completely reframes the current picture of the labor market in a way that argues for a rapid re-evaluation of Fed rate cut o...   READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed 6.63% -0.12% 15YR Fixed 5.95% -0.08% 8/1/2025
Every month, we offer the same old warning/reminder ahead of the big jobs report--something to the effect of "no other economic report has as much power to cause volatility in rates, for better or worse."  Days like today are the reason for that reminder. Thankfully, it was the "better" end of the spectrum. Rates tend to improve when economic data is weaker than expected. Today's jobs report was only moderately weaker at the headline level (73k vs 110k forecast), but i...   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Friday, Aug 01
8:30AM Jul Participation Rate Jul 62.2% 62.3%
8:30AM Jul Average earnings mm (%) Jul 0.3% 0.3% 0.2%
8:30AM Jul Unemployment rate mm (%) Jul 4.2% 4.2% 4.1%
8:30AM Jul Non Farm Payrolls (k) Jul 73K 110K 147K
9:45AM Jul S&P Global Manuf. PMI Jul 49.8 49.5 52.9
10:00AM Jun Construction spending (%) Jun -0.4% 0.0% -0.3%
10:00AM Jul ISM Manufacturing Employment Jul 43.4 45.0
10:00AM Jul Sentiment: 1y Inflation (%) Jul 4.5% 4.4% 5%
10:00AM Jul Sentiment: 5y Inflation (%) Jul 3.4% 3.6% 4%
10:00AM Jul Consumer Sentiment (ip) Jul 61.7 62 60.7
10:00AM Jul U Mich conditions Jul 68.0 66.8 64.8
10:00AM Jul ISM Mfg Prices Paid Jul 64.8 70 69.7
10:00AM Jul ISM Manufacturing PMI Jul 48.0 49.5 49.0
3:10PM Fed Daly Speech
Monday, Aug 04
10:00AM Jun Factory orders mm (%) Jun -5.2% 8.2%
10:00AM Jul Total Vehicle Sales (ml) Jul 16.0M 15.3M
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Last week, we said all bets were off until we saw Friday’s jobs report—and that no other piece of economic data moves mortgage rates more reliably. This week proved why that warning is always worth repeating. It’s not that the rest of the week was boring. In fact, the calendar from Monday through Thursday was packed with potentially interesting updates. Highlights included the... READ MORE
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