Weaker Data Endorses the In-Progress Rally

Weaker Data Endorses the In-Progress Rally

Who knows how today would have ended up if the relevant econ data had come in stronger than expected. Perhaps that would have been enough to see an earlier, more threatening sell-off in bonds. As it stands, we're heading out the door with moderate gains, even if we can't give clear credit to the data (because the gains happened before the data). Thursday brings another chance to see if different data (Jobless Claims, Challenger Layoffs, Revelio payrolls) will be worth any more of a response. Otherwise bonds are just grinding out a range ahead of next Wednesday's Fed Day. 

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Weaker Data Endorses In-Progress Rally

MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 5.0 99.69 -0.09 10YR 4.084% +0.020% 12/4/2025 7:13AM EST
MBS are still in modestly positive territory on the day, but they've been selling gradually since the AM highs in the 8am hour.  5.0 UMBS are now an eighth of a point below those highs.  Reprice risk is a trickier subject as some of the weakness happened before most lenders' rate sheet print times.   10yr yields are still down 1bp on the day, but up 3bps from the lows (currently 4.082).    READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed 6.23% -0.07% 15YR Fixed 5.75% -0.04% 12/3/2025
Mortgage rates improved more noticeably today, and while the average rate isn't quite as low as it was last week, it's fairly close.  Rates are based on movement in the bond market. Bonds were most likely to move in response to one or both of today's big economic reports.  Oddly enough, most of the bond market improvement was seen overnight, BEFORE the economic data came out. Nonetheless, the data definitely didn't hurt.   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Thursday, Dec 04
7:30AM Nov Challenger layoffs (k) Nov 71.321K 153.074K
8:30AM Oct Trade Gap (on hold, shutdown) (bl) Oct
8:30AM Nov/22 Continued Claims (k) Nov/22 1960K 1960K
8:30AM Nov/29 Jobless Claims (k) Nov/29 220K 216K
10:00AM Sep Factory orders mm (%) Sep 0.5% 1.4%
12:00PM Fed Bowman Speech
Friday, Dec 05
10:00AM Sep Core PCE Inflation (y/y) (%) Sep 2.9% 2.9%
10:00AM Sep Personal Income (%) Sep 0.4% 0.4%
10:00AM Sep Inflation-Adjusted Spending (Consumption) (%) Sep 0.4% 0.6%
10:00AM Sep Core PCE (m/m) (%) Sep 0.2% 0.2%
10:00AM Dec U Mich conditions Dec 51.3 51.1
10:00AM Dec Sentiment: 1y Inflation (%) Dec 4.5%
10:00AM Dec Sentiment: 5y Inflation (%) Dec 3.4%
10:00AM Oct Factory orders mm (%) Oct
10:00AM Dec Consumer Sentiment (ip) Dec 52 51.0
3:00PM Oct Consumer credit (bl) Oct $10.5B $13.09B
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This week marked the return of delayed economic data from the government shutdown. Specifically, we received the important jobs report that was set to come out in early October. While this is September's data, and thus a bit stale, it was nonetheless responsible for the biggest volume spike in the bond market since the last Fed meeting. Such is the power of the jobs report relative to other econom... READ MORE