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Stronger Start Thanks to Europe and ADP

Stronger Start Thanks to Europe and ADP

Bonds rallied steadily overnight with more of the gains aligning with a data-driven bond rally in Europe. The overnight move brought 10yr yields roughly 2bps lower from yesterday's close.  Another 2bps of improvement followed this morning's ADP employment data. ADP's job count wasn't particularly far below forecasts (41k vs 47k), but the previous month wasn't revised much higher (-29k vs -32k initially). At 10am ET, we'll get Job Openings and ISM Non-Manufacturing--a combo that is arguably heavier hitting than ADP, if the results are not right in line with forecasts. 

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MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 5.0 99.84 +0.06 10YR 4.150% -0.015% 1/7/2026 5:00PM EST
ISM N-Mfg PMI (Dec) 54.4 vs 52.3 f'cast, 52.6 prev ISM Services Employment (Dec) 52.0 vs -- f'cast, 48.9 prev ISM Services New Orders (Dec) 57.9 vs -- f'cast, 52.9 prev ISM Services Prices (Dec) 64.3 vs -- f'cast, 65.4 prev JOLTs Job Quits (Nov) 3.161Mvs -- f'cast, 2.941M prev USA JOLTS Job Openings (Nov) 7.146M vs 7.60M f'cast, 7.670M prev ISM's non-manufacturing PMI is leading the charge ...   READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed 6.19% -0.01% 15YR Fixed 5.73% -0.01% 1/7/2026
Wednesday had the potential to cause bigger volatility for rates due to the confluence of several important economic reports. If that data had been lopsided in one direction or the other, rates likely would have moved more. As it happened, the data was mixed. The net effect was an exceedingly modest drop in the average 30yr fixed rate. Despite the tiny move, this brings MND's 30yr fixed rate index back in line with the 2-month lows seen on several recent occasions. Bottom l...   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Wednesday, Jan 07
7:00AM Dec/26 Mortgage Market Index Dec/26 269.9 299.8
7:00AM Dec/26 MBA Purchase Index Dec/26 169.8 169.9
7:00AM Dec/26 MBA Refi Index Dec/26 872.1 1084.3
7:00AM Jan/02 MBA Refi Index Jan/02 937 872.1
7:00AM Jan/02 MBA Purchase Index Jan/02 159.3 169.8
7:00AM Jan/02 Mortgage Market Index Jan/02 270.8 269.9
8:15AM Dec ADP jobs (k) Dec 41K 47K -32K
10:00AM Oct Factory orders mm (%) Oct -1.3% -1.2% 0.2%
10:00AM Dec ISM Biz Activity Dec 56.0 54.5
10:00AM Dec ISM Services Prices Dec 64.3 65.4
10:00AM Dec ISM Services New Orders Dec 57.9 52.9
10:00AM Dec ISM Services Employment Dec 52.0 48.9
10:00AM Nov JOLTs Job Quits (ml) Nov 3.161M 2.941M
10:00AM Nov USA JOLTS Job Openings (ml) Nov 7.146M 7.60M 7.670M
10:00AM Dec ISM N-Mfg PMI Dec 54.4 52.3 52.6
10:30AM Jan/02 Crude Oil Inventory (ml) Jan/02 -3.831M 1.1M -1.934M
Thursday, Jan 08
5:30AM Dec Challenger layoffs (k) Dec 35.553K 71.321K
8:30AM Oct Trade Gap (bl) Oct $-29.4B $-58.9B $-52.8B
8:30AM Jan/03 Jobless Claims (k) Jan/03 208K 210K 199K
8:30AM Dec/27 Continued Claims (k) Dec/27 1914K 1900K 1866K
9:20AM NY Fed Bill Purchases 1 to 4 months (%) $8.165 million
11:00AM Dec Consumer Inflation Expectations Dec 3.4% 3.2%
3:00PM Nov Consumer credit (bl) Nov $4.23B $10B $9.18B
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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
Broker Owner
Ingram Company
License:
CA DRE: 01226769
NMLS: 371141 / 358879