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Atlantic Coast Mortgage,. LLC
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CPI Just as Risky as Usual--Perhaps More So

CPI Just as Risky as Usual--Perhaps More So

Bonds sold off on Thursday in a move that was as easy to chalk up to position-squaring ahead of CPI than anything else. The recent uptick in oil prices is also worth noting, but only if we remember that correlation is not always causality when it comes to that pairing. Given the absence of big ticket econ reports during the shutdown, Friday morning's CPI is getting plenty of attention--more than it deserves, to be sure, and much more than it would outside a shutdown. That said, the data is just as "live" in terms of its potential to cause volatility.

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CPI Just as Risky as Usual--Perhaps More So

MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 5.0 99.69 -0.05 10YR 4.005% +0.003% 10/24/2025 6:02AM EST
We typically want to see an eighth of a point of weakness in MBS versus either the highs of the day or rate sheet print times in order to send out an alert.   Right now, we're only seeing 3 ticks (.09).  While this isn't classic alert territory, the departure from the AM price plateau has been fairly abrupt. The jumpiest lenders have occasionally repriced for the worse in similar scenarios.    READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed 6.19% +0.01% 15YR Fixed 5.76% +0.02% 10/24/2025
Mortgage rates were effectively unchanged on Thursday with the average lender very close to the best levels in over a year. But when it comes to the underlying bond market and the rates available to consumers, there are some dislocations that suggest risk is increasing. Specifically, bonds lost ground today. This normally implies higher mortgage rates. But the timing and magnitude of bond market losses can dictate the size of mortgage rate changes as well as the timing. In...   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Friday, Oct 24
8:00AM Sep Building Permits (ml) Sep
8:30AM Sep y/y Headline CPI (%) Sep 3% 3.1% 2.9%
8:30AM Sep m/m Headline CPI (%) Sep 0.3% 0.4% 0.4%
8:30AM Sep m/m CORE CPI (%) Sep 0.2% 0.3% 0.3%
8:30AM Sep y/y CORE CPI (%) Sep 3% 3.1% 3.1%
8:30AM Sep m/m CORE CPI (%) Sep
9:45AM Oct S&P Global Composite PMI Oct 54.8 53.9
9:45AM Oct S&P Global Manuf. PMI Oct 52.2 52 52.0
9:45AM Oct S&P Global Services PMI Oct 55.2 53.5 54.2
10:00AM Oct Sentiment: 1y Inflation (%) Oct 4.6% 4.6% 4.7%
10:00AM Oct Sentiment: 5y Inflation (%) Oct 3.9% 3.7% 3.7%
10:00AM Oct U Mich conditions Oct 58.6 61.0 60.4
10:00AM Sep New Home Sales (ml) Sep 0.71M 0.8M
10:00AM Oct Consumer Sentiment (ip) Oct 53.6 55 55.1
10:00AM Sep New Home Sales (%) (%) Sep 20.5%
Monday, Oct 27
8:30AM Sep Core CapEx (%) Sep 0.6%
8:30AM Sep Durable goods (%) Sep 0.3% 2.9%
11:30AM 2-Yr Note Auction (bl) 69
1:00PM 5-Yr Note Auction (bl) 70
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If we stopped paying attention at noon on Thursday, it was an uneventful week due to an absence of important economic data, a holiday closure, and a lack of volatility in the underlying bond market. After that, things got interesting. To be fair, things were fairly interesting at the end of the previous week owing to an escalation in trade war tensions with China. With minutes to go on Friday, ... READ MORE
VP | Sr Loan Officer Team
Atlantic Coast Mortgage,. LLC
License:
NMLS ID 1166669
NMLS ID 2408374