Weaker Conclusion But No Major Big Picture Implications

Weaker Conclusion But No Major Big Picture Implications

Despite much stronger revisions and a modestly stronger core retail sales number this morning, bonds managed to hold mostly sideways until the afternoon hours.  At that point, lighter summertime Friday afternoon trading gave way to a mini snowball that took yields to their highest levels of the week.  Fed Funds futures suggested some thought behind the selling with the highest implied September rate since just before Tuesday's CPI. All that having been said, bonds could simply be hedging their optimism ahead of next week's Jackson Hole speech from Fed Chair Powell. In the bigger picture, little has changed since last Friday's jobs report.

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Weaker Conclusion But No Major Big Picture Implications

MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 5.5 100.06 -0.08 10YR 4.319% +0.033% 8/15/2025 5:00PM EST
Bonds are wilting a bit heading into the PM hours.  There's no specific catalyst, nor do we feel compelled to find one on a Friday afternoon.  10yr yields are now up 3.5bps on the day at 4.321. MBS are down 3 ticks (.09) on the day, but an eighth of a point from AM highs (technically just over an eighth of a point, but those earlier highs were too early to coincide with any lender rate sheet print times. Bottom line, the jumpiest, earliest lenders could t...   READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed 6.58% +0.02% 15YR Fixed 5.95% +0.01% 8/15/2025
Friday proved to be the weakest day of the week for the underlying bond market and, thus, the highest day of the week for mortgage rates . Retail sales data was generally stronger than expected, especially when considering revisions and when focusing on the "core" numbers that strip out more volatile categories such as autos/fuel and building materials. Bonds (which underlie rates) didn't move too much at first, but began losing ground amid the tougher Friday afternoon tra...   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
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 (%)
Monday, Aug 18
10:00AM Aug NAHB housing market indx Aug 33 33
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Inflation data was in focus this week, with one major report helping mortgage rates officially hit new 10-month lows before the 2nd report pushed back in the other direction. The biggest report, Tuesday’s Consumer Price Index (CPI), was generally friendly for rates despite coming in right in line with forecasts. Some categories showed tariff-related price pressures, but easing in hou... READ MORE