Post-NFP Rally Momentum Fades

Post-NFP Rally Momentum Fades

When bonds string together several successive days of improvement, the probability of a corrective bounce increases. This is especially true as the rally covers more ground and more time. With 10yr yields dropping nearly 30bps over 4 consecutive sessions, a corrective bounce was a relevant concern, and it arrived today. That said, it was also fairly mild as far as corrective bounces go. On a separate note, many market watchers are confused as to why bonds would lose ground despite a historically large preliminary NFP benchmark revision (released this morning). But this revision pertains to the March 2024 through March 2025 time frame. Not only is that irrelevant to present day market movement, it also fell within most analyst's range of expectations.

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MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 5.5 101.21 +0.14 10YR 4.064% -0.020% 9/10/2025 10:11AM EST
If you haven't seen a reprice for the worse yet, chances are increasing.  MBS are now down 6 ticks (.19) from many lenders' rate sheet print times versus 4 ticks (.125) at the time of the previous alert.   READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed 6.29% +0.01% 15YR Fixed 5.69% +0.04% 9/9/2025
It had to happen at some point. After spending 4 straight days of setting new 11-month lows, mortgage rates finally moved higher today, but the headline is much scarier than reality. In fact, many borrowers won't see any detectable difference from yesterday's latest levels as the average lender's top tier 30yr fixed rates moved a mere 0.01% higher. This preserves the entirety of the improvement seen last Friday when rates dropped sharply in response to the downbeat jobs...   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Wednesday, Sep 10
7:00AM Sep/05 MBA Purchase Index Sep/05 169.1 158.7
7:00AM Sep/05 Mortgage Market Index Sep/05 297.7 272.5
7:00AM Sep/05 MBA Refi Index Sep/05 1012.4 902.5
8:30AM Aug Producer Prices (%) Aug -0.1% 0.3% 0.9%
8:30AM Aug Core Producer Prices MM (%) Aug -0.1% 0.3% 0.9%
8:30AM Aug Core Producer Prices YY (%) Aug 2.8% 3.5% 3.7%
10:00AM Jul Wholesale inventories mm (%) Jul 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
10:30AM Sep/05 Crude Oil Inventory (ml) Sep/05 3.939M -1.1M 2.415M
1:00PM 10-yr Note Auction (bl) 39
Thursday, Sep 11
8:30AM Aug/30 Continued Claims (k) Aug/30 1950K 1940K
8:30AM Aug y/y Headline CPI (%) Aug 2.9% 2.7%
8:30AM Aug m/m Headline CPI (%) Aug 0.3% 0.2%
8:30AM Sep/06 Jobless Claims (k) Sep/06 235K 237K
8:30AM Aug y/y CORE CPI (%) Aug 3.1% 3.1%
8:30AM Aug m/m CORE CPI (%) Aug 0.3% 0.3%
1:00PM 30-Yr Bond Auction (bl) 22
1:00PM 30-Year Bond Auction 4.813%
2:00PM Aug Federal budget, $ (bl) Aug $-281B $-291B
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Rates actually began the week with a modest move higher for a variety of boring, technical reasons that no one will remember or care about after seeing how things ended up on Friday. The move was already reversing on Wednesday with help from economic data (lower Job Openings in July, not to be confused with Friday's jobs report for August). At that point, rates had already officially hit new 11... READ MORE