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Powell Avoided Throwing Cold Water on Rate Outlook. Bonds Approved

Powell Avoided Throwing Cold Water on Rate Outlook. Bonds Approved

Today's gains ended up being all about Powell's press conference. While there were a few potentially friendly comments (current rates in high end of neutral range, recent job gains overstated, no decision yet on January, inflation coming down), we can also consider that Powell simply avoided the same sort of hawkish reminders seen in the last press conference.  On a day where bonds had already been selling fairly aggressively for 2 weeks, this could be all the market needed to breathe a sigh of relief and reinforce the ceiling of the prevailing trading range. All in all a fairly tame Fed day reaction, but one with a happy ending nonetheless. 

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Powell Avoided Throwing Cold Water on Rate Outlook. Bonds Approved

MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 5.0 99.38 -0.04 10YR 4.150% -0.001% 12/11/2025 5:00PM EST
Bonds have reversed the initial press conference weakness and are now at their best levels of the day with MBS up 3/8ths and 10yr down 4.1bps at 4.145.    READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed 6.26% -0.04% 15YR Fixed 5.76% -0.04% 12/11/2025
The Fed cut its policy rate by 0.25% today and mortgage rates moved lower after the announcement. That said, those two developments are not related. In fact, there was no movement in the bonds that underlie mortgage rates when the rate cut was announced. Instead, the market (and rates) moved in response to Fed Chair Powell's press conference. While there is a mistaken belief that such press conferences "always" result in upward pressure on rates, today shows they can go...   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Thursday, Dec 11
8:30AM Sep Trade Gap (bl) Sep $-52.8B $-63.3B $-59.6B
8:30AM Oct PPI YoY Oct 2.7%
8:30AM Oct Core Producer Prices MM (%) Oct 0.1%
8:30AM Oct Producer Prices (%) Oct 0.3%
8:30AM Dec/06 Jobless Claims (k) Dec/06 236K 220K 191K
8:30AM Nov/29 Continued Claims (k) Nov/29 1838K 1950K 1939K
1:00PM 30-Yr Bond Auction (bl) 22
1:00PM 30-Year Bond Auction 4.773% 4.694%
Friday, Dec 12
8:00AM Fed Paulson Speech
8:30AM Fed Hammack Speech
10:35AM Fed Goolsbee Speech
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December 10th will be the most interesting Fed announcement in more than a year.  It's the first time since mid-2024 where a rate cut (or lack thereof) has not been a foregone conclusion. This means the Fed has a chance, albeit a small one, to surprise the market.  The market currently sees a better-than-85% chance of a cut at next week's meeting according to Fed Funds Futures (contra... READ MORE
A message from Nickolas Inhelder:

We Make Home Happen.™

Our goal is simple:

To help every family we serve get to “Yes.”

Yes to the loan that unlocks the joy of home ownership.

Yes to the lending solution that meets every client’s unique needs and wants.

That’s why we dedicate our every resource to serve as your personal guide through the lending process, solving problems, building confidence. Aslan has access to every lending option leading to the purchase or refinance of a residential home loan.

This is more than work for us. It is our unique joy in this life to share our collective skill, creativity, and care to bring you and your family right to where you belong.

Let’s make home happen.

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