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Data-Free Rally Day

Data-Free Rally Day

Wednesday represented this week's lull in terms of scheduled market movers on the calendar. Overnight gains game courtesy of strength in EU bonds as well as burgeoning expectations for a Fed rate cut at the September meeting (now roughly 100% priced-in according to Fed Funds Futures). There were no new reasons for changes in Fed Funds Futures beyond yesterday's CPI release, so chalk it up to general tradeflow momentum. Thursday brings PPI which, while not as big a deal as CPI, can sometimes cause a noticeable reaction due to its impact on the broader PCE price index.

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Data-Free Rally Day

MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 5.5 100.14 -0.17 10YR 4.285% +0.045% 8/14/2025 5:00PM EST
Bonds rallied overnight, largely in concert with lower EU yields. Stable inflation in Germany and lower oil prices helped. But there was also a tailwind from Fed Funds Futures which saw a further increase in the odds of a rate cut at the September meeting. While this is undoubtedly a better way to start the day compared to a sea of red on trading screens, and while a 4+ bp improvement in 10s is more than just an incidental, inconsequential rally in day over day terms, the big...   READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed 6.56% +0.03% 15YR Fixed 5.94% +0.04% 8/14/2025
October 3rd, 2024 continues to be the day to beat when it comes to mortgage rates hanging out at 10 month lows. Today's top tier 30yr fixed rate matched October 4th levels for the first time since then, just barely edging out last week's lowest levels. Hitting the next milestone will be a much bigger challenge.  The gap between October 3rd and 4th was about as big as they come with a single day move of more than 0.25%.  To put that in perspective, the 5 months l...   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Thursday, Aug 14
8:30AM Aug/02 Continued Claims (k) Aug/02 1953K 1960K 1974K
8:30AM Jul Producer Prices (%) Jul 0.9% 0.2% 0%
8:30AM Aug/09 Jobless Claims (k) Aug/09 224K 228K 226K
8:30AM Jul Core Producer Prices YY (%) Jul 3.7% 2.9% 2.6%
8:30AM Jul Core Producer Prices MM (%) Jul 0.9% 0.2% 0%
2:00PM Fed Barkin Speech
Friday, Aug 15
12:00AM Roll Date - UMBS 15YR, Ginnie Mae 15YR
8:30AM Jul Export prices mm (%) Jul 0.1% 0.1% 0.5%
8:30AM Jul Import prices mm (%) Jul 0.4% 0% 0.1%
8:30AM Jul Retail Sales (ex-autos) (%) Jul 0.3% 0.3% 0.5%
8:30AM Aug NY Fed Manufacturing Aug 11.90 0 5.50
8:30AM Jul Retail Sales (%) Jul 0.5% 0.5% 0.6%
8:30AM Jul Retail Sales Control Group MoM Jul 0.5% 0.4% 0.5%
9:15AM Jul Industrial Production (%) Jul -0.1% 0% 0.3%
10:00AM Jun Business Inventories (% ) Jun 0.2% 0.2% 0%
10:00AM Aug Consumer Sentiment (ip) Aug 58.6 62 61.7
10:00AM Aug U Mich conditions Aug 60.9 67.9 68.0
10:00AM Aug Sentiment: 5y Inflation (%) Aug 3.9% 3.4%
10:00AM Aug Sentiment: 1y Inflation (%) Aug 4.9% 4.5%
12:00PM NOPA Crush Report (%)
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Last Friday's jobs report sparked a big rally in the bond market, and thus a big improvement for mortgage rates.  This week was very light in terms of market data and volatility, but it helped solidify the improvement from the jobs report. Specifically, the average lender wasn't even able to fully adjust their rates to account for market movement last Friday. When bonds maintained those ga... READ MORE
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Grand Avenue Realty & Lending
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DRE 1412977