Incidental Weakness Ahead of CPI Data

Incidental Weakness Ahead of CPI Data

Bonds were marginally weaker on Monday with no obvious scapegoats in sight. Some reporters pointed toward Fed Chair Powell's criminal inquiry as rattling the market, but bonds were effectively unchanged in the 1pm hour after a well-received 10yr Treasury auction.  More importantly, there was no clear correlation between the overnight news and the overnight market movement. Volume was the lowest in several days--typical for a data-free Monday. MBS underperformed, but only because they're still range-finding after last week's massive outperformance. Tomorrow morning's trading deserves much more focus than anything seen today. CPI will be out at 8:30am ET and it is expected to be a more tradeable installment of the data compared to the last release (which proved to be questionable due to data collection constraints surrounding the shutdown/reopening timeline).

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08:32 AM

Stronger after CPI data. MBS up just over a quarter point and 10yr down 1.6bps at 4.16

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Incidental Weakness Ahead of CPI Data

MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 5.0 100.14 +0.18 10YR 4.180% +0.002% 1/13/2026 9:12AM EST
m/m CORE CPI (Dec) 0.2% vs 0.3% f'cast, -- prev m/m Headline CPI (Dec) 0.3% vs 0.3% f'cast, -- prev y/y CORE CPI (Dec) 2.6% vs 2.7% f'cast, 2.6% prev y/y Headline CPI (Dec) 2.7% vs 2.7% f'cast, 2.7% prev We'll dig into the details in the morning commentary, but bonds are definitely reaction.  Large volume spike and nearly a 4bp rally in 10yr yields so far--currently down almost 2bps on the day at 4.163. &nbs...   READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed 6.01% -0.05% 15YR Fixed 5.55% -0.04% 1/12/2026
Mortgage rates are either higher or lower today, depending on the lender in question. Some lenders raised rates on Friday afternoon in response to weakness in the bond market (lenders set rates based on the trading levels of MBS, the bonds that underlie the mortgage market). Those lenders are actually slightly lower today. Lenders who didn't raise rates on Friday afternoon are slightly higher today. In all cases, apart from Friday morning, today's rates remain well below...   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Tuesday, Jan 13
12:00AM Roll Date - UMBS 30YR
6:00AM Dec NFIB Business Optimism Index Dec 99.5 99.5 99.0
8:15AM ADP Employment Change Weekly 11.75K 11.5K
8:30AM Dec m/m CORE CPI (%) Dec 0.2% 0.3%
8:30AM Dec y/y CORE CPI (%) Dec 2.6% 2.7% 2.6%
8:30AM Dec m/m Headline CPI (%) Dec 0.3% 0.3%
8:30AM Dec y/y Headline CPI (%) Dec 2.7% 2.7% 2.7%
10:00AM Jan IBD economic optimism Jan 47.2 48.2 47.9
1:00PM 30-Yr Bond Auction (bl) 22
1:00PM 30-Year Bond Auction 4.773%
2:00PM Dec Federal budget (bl) Dec $-150B $-173B
Wednesday, Jan 14
7:00AM Jan/09 MBA Refi Index Jan/09 937
7:00AM Jan/09 MBA Purchase Index Jan/09 159.3
7:00AM Jan/09 Mortgage Market Index Jan/09 270.8
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 Nov Retail Sales (%) Nov 0.4% 0%
8:30AM Nov Retail Sales Control Group MoM Nov 0.3% 0.8%
10:00AM Oct Business Inventories (% ) Oct 0.3% 0.2%
10:00AM Dec Existing home sales (ml) Dec 4.2M 4.13M
10:00AM Dec Exist. home sales % chg (%) Dec 0.5%
10:30AM Jan/09 Crude Oil Inventory (ml) Jan/09 -3.831M
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