Holiday-Adjacent Waiting Game

Holiday-Adjacent Waiting Game

Monday may not have been an official holiday for the U.S. bond market, but it way as well have been. Volume certainly acted the part, which is no surprise considering overseas holiday closures. Headlines and data had a limited impact, at best. In general the market is waiting to see what happens in Iran after tomorrow night's deadline on Trump's ultimatum to reopen shipping channels.

Market Movement Recap
09:03 AM

A hair weaker overnight but rallying into positive territory in early trading. MBS up 6 ticks (.19) and 10yr down 1bp at 4.332

01:05 PM

MBS up 6 ticks (.19) and 10yr down 0.7bps at 4.334

03:05 PM

MBS up 6 ticks (.19) and 10yr down 1bp at 4.331

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Holiday-Adjacent Waiting Game

MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 5.0 98.45 -0.21 10YR 4.356% +0.015% 4/5/2026 8:28PM EST
Much of the international trading community remains on holiday today, making for lower volume and liquidity in the US. Bonds have managed to mostly shrug off Friday's stronger jobs report--a fact that we'd attribute mainly to the focus on the unemployment rate over the balmy payroll count. Additionally, war-related developments remain near the top of the heap of relevant market movers until their impacts translate more forcefully to economic data. On that note, we'll get IS...   READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed 6.43% -0.02% 15YR Fixed 6.01% -0.01% 4/6/2026
It was an uneventful day for mortgage rates with the average lender close enough to Friday's levels that borrowers would not see much of a difference between the two days. The bond market (which underlies and dictates rate movement) was still in quasi-holiday mode as most overseas markets were closed for holidays. Financial markets (including bonds) continue taking cues from major developments in the Iran war, but today ended up being more about waiting for those events b...   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Monday, Apr 06
10:00AM Mar ISM Biz Activity Mar 53.9 59.9
10:00AM Mar ISM Services Prices Mar 70.7 63.0
10:00AM Mar ISM Services New Orders Mar 60.6 58.6
10:00AM Mar ISM N-Mfg PMI Mar 54.0 55 56.1
10:00AM Mar ISM Services Employment Mar 45.2 51.8
Tuesday, Apr 07
8:15AM ADP Employment Change Weekly 10K
8:30AM Feb Core CapEx (%) Feb 0%
8:30AM Feb Durable goods (%) Feb -0.5% 0%
9:20AM NY Fed Bill Purchases 1 to 4 months (%) $8.071 billion
10:10AM Apr IBD economic optimism Apr 48.1 47.5
11:00AM Mar Consumer Inflation Expectations Mar 3%
12:35PM Fed Goolsbee Speech
1:00PM 3-Yr Note Auction (bl) 58
3:00PM Feb Consumer credit (bl) Feb $10B $8.05B
5:50PM Fed Jefferson Speech
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First things first, due to the market's reaction to the Iran war, mortgage rates remain much higher than they were at the end of February. That said, they definitely did not move higher this week. You may have seen contrary headlines on Wednesday and Thursday. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) and Freddie Mac release their weekly rate surveys on those days, respectively. Both reported shar... READ MORE