Executive Finance Manager
Central Valley Home Lending
License:
CVHL NMLS #2455817
MLO NMLS #693579

Range-Bound Cruise Control

Range-Bound Cruise Control

2025 is effectively over when it comes to meaningful shifts in the bond market. The coming days will be so heavily-affected by light volume/liquidity that any apparently significant shifts would be taken with a grain of salt anyway. Even as we look back over the past 4 months, we see a persistence of the very narrow 4.00-4.20 range in 10yr yields. The past 3 weeks have been especially narrow.  While the recent micro range in 10s is on the high side of the broader range, this has more to do with shifts in the yield curve. For instance, 2yr yields are hugging the lower end of their 4-month range. MBS and mortgage rates are somewhere in between, which is why they've been outperforming 10yr yields relative to the highs/lows of their respective ranges.

Market Movement Recap
09:25 AM

modestly weaker overnight and holding sideways so far.  MBS down 2 ticks (.06) and 10yr up 2bps at 4.16

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Bond Market in Holiday Mode

MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 5.0 99.63 -0.05 10YR 4.162% +0.022% 12/22/2025 11:40AM EST
2025 is effectively over when it comes to meaningful shifts in the bond market. The coming days will be so heavily-affected by light volume/ liquidity that any apparently significant shifts would be taken with a grain of salt anyway. Even as we look back over the past 4 months, we see a persistence of the very narrow 4.00-4.20 range in 10yr yields. The past 3 weeks have been especially narrow.  While the recent micro range in 10s is on the high side of the bro...   READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed 6.24% -0.01% 15YR Fixed 5.74% -0.01% 12/22/2025
It ended up being a fairly uneventful day for mortgage rates despite scattered speculation about the impact of foreign monetary policy decisions. The average lender nudged just a hair higher, resulting in the 2nd lowest reading of the week. Apart from yesterday, the last day with lower rates was more than 2 weeks ago on December 4th. The coming week will be heavily affected by the realities of the holiday trading environment. There's no repeatable formula for this. We sim...   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Monday, Dec 22
9:20AM NY Fed Bill Purchases 4 to 12 months (%) $6.801 million
1:00PM 2-Yr Note Auction (bl) 69
Tuesday, Dec 23
8:15AM ADP Employment Change Weekly 16.25K
8:30AM Q3 Corporate profits (% ) Q3 0.2%
8:30AM Q3 Core PCE Prices QoQ Q3 2.9% 2.6%
8:30AM Oct Durable goods (%) Oct -1.5% 0.5%
8:30AM Oct Core CapEx (%) Oct 0.9%
8:30AM Q3 GDP (%) Q3 3.2% 3.8%
9:15AM Oct Industrial Production (%) Oct 0.1% 0.1%
10:00AM Dec CB Consumer Confidence (%) Dec 92 88.7
1:00PM 5-Yr Note Auction (bl) 70
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The two most important economic reports of the month were released this week. Both showed promising results for rates, and although rates improved, the reaction was smaller than expected . First up was November's jobs report, which came out on Tuesday morning. It showed the highest unemployment rate since 2021 at 4.6%--well above the 4.4% forecast. Under normal circumstances, this woul... READ MORE
Executive Finance Manager
Central Valley Home Lending
License:
CVHL NMLS #2455817
MLO NMLS #693579