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Bonds Erase Most of The Overnight Weakness

Bonds Erase Most of The Overnight Weakness

Thursday could be viewed two ways. On one hand, bonds lost ground early and were unable to recover it by the 3pm close. On the other hand, there was a decent rally on Wednesday that set a high bar for additional gains.  In other words, it's a victory to merely hold close to yesterday's closing levels. Data passed without a trace, either because it was stale, near consensus, or both. There was better buying in the afternoon--a fact that's consistent with our observation that the EU session had an impact today.  The afternoon bond market recovery commenced when EU markets closed. Correlation, yes, but not necessarily causality. 

Market Movement Recap
08:34 AM

Modestly weaker overnight and no reaction to AM data so far. MBS down an eighth and 10yr up 1.7bps at 4.258

10:30 AM

No major reaction to PCE data. MBS still down an eighth and 10yr up 2bps at 4.261

12:37 PM

Bouncing back a bit. MBS down only 2 ticks (.06) and 10yr up only 1.3bps at 4.254

03:22 PM

MBS down 3 ticks (.09) and 10yr up 0.8bps at 4.249

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Bonds Erase Most of The Overnight Weakness

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UMBS 5.0 99.90 -0.03 10YR 4.242% +0.002% 1/22/2026 5:13PM EST
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30YR Fixed 6.19% -0.01% 15YR Fixed 5.76% +0.00% 1/22/2026
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Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Thursday, Jan 22
8:30AM Q3 GDP Final Sales (%) Q3 4.5% 4.6% 7.5%
8:30AM Q3 PCE Prices (Q/Q) Q3 2.8% 2.8% 2.1%
8:30AM Q3 GDP (%) Q3 4.4% 4.3% 3.8%
8:30AM Jan/10 Continued Claims (k) Jan/10 1849K 1884K
8:30AM Jan/17 Jobless Claims (k) Jan/17 200K 212K 198K
10:00AM Oct Core PCE (y/y) (%) Oct 2.7% 2.7% 2.8%
10:00AM Oct Core PCE (m/m) (%) Oct 0.2% 0.2% 0.2%
10:00AM Oct PCE (y/y) (%) Oct 2.7% 2.8%
10:00AM Oct PCE prices (m/m) (%) Oct 0.2% 0.2% 0.3%
10:00AM Nov Core PCE (y/y) (%) Nov 2.8% 2.8% 2.7%
10:00AM Nov Core PCE (m/m) (%) Nov 0.2% 0.2% 0.2%
12:00PM Jan/16 Crude Oil Inventory (ml) Jan/16 3.602M 1.1M 3.391M
1:00PM 10-yr Note Auction (bl) 21
Friday, Jan 23
9:45AM Jan S&P Global Services PMI Jan 52.8 52.5
9:45AM Jan S&P Global Manuf. PMI Jan 52.1 51.8
9:45AM Jan S&P Global Composite PMI Jan 52.7
10:00AM Oct CB Leading Index MoM (%) Oct -0.3%
10:00AM Nov CB Leading Index MoM (%) Nov
10:00AM Jan Consumer Sentiment (ip) Jan 54.0 52.9
10:00AM Jan Sentiment: 1y Inflation (%) Jan 4.2% 4.2%
10:00AM Jan Sentiment: 5y Inflation (%) Jan 3.4% 3.2%
10:00AM Jan U Mich conditions Jan 52.4 50.4
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Mortgage Advisor / Branch Manager
Fairway Mortgage
License:
1639987