Flood of Data. No Real Reaction. Back to Watching Headlines

Flood of Data. No Real Reaction. Back to Watching Headlines

The overnight session leading into this morning's open was completely sideways--especially compared to yesterday's example. The boatload of econ data line items did nothing to change that. Expectations weren't high anyway. GDP (Q4) and monthly PCE (February) are both too stale to matter. Jobless Claims were a mixed bag with initial claims rising substantially and continued claims falling off a cliff (lowest since May 2024). But again, bonds have done nothing with the data and trading levels are almost perfectly flat to start another day of watching war headlines. 

Market Movement Recap
08:37 AM

Very flat overnight. Slightly weaker after data. MBS down 2 ticks (.06) and 10yr up half a bp at 4.30

10:31 AM

weakest levels. MBS down 9 ticks (.28) and 10yr up 1.4bps at 4.311

11:38 AM

10s now down 1bp at 4.285. MBS are within 1 tick (.03) of unchanged.

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Bonds Give Up Almost All The Overnight Gains

MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 5.0 99.08 +0.01 10YR 4.274% -0.023% 4/9/2026 11:56AM EST
Bonds are getting back into positive territory after the following newswires: TRUMP ASKED NETANYAHU TO REDUCE BOMBING IN LEBANON TO AID SUCCESSFUL IRAN NEGOTIATIONS, ACCORDING TO NBC REPORTS NETANYAHU MOVES TO START DIRECT TALKS WITH LEBANON Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Israel will begin direct negotiations with Lebanon, aiming to disarm Hezbollah and establish peaceful relations. He welcomed Lebanon’s call to demilitarize Beirut. These a...   READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed 6.40% +0.00% 15YR Fixed 6.00% +0.00% 4/9/2026
It's a fluid situation in financial markets on Wednesday. The 2-week ceasefire in the Iran war caused a big reaction last night, but the benefit to the bond market (bonds dictate rates) has been increasingly wiped out during domestic hours.  If we measure the reversal versus yesterday's closing levels at 5pm ET, the reversal is almost complete. But bonds were already rallying in the afternoon due to expectations for the official ceasefire news. All that to say, we're s...   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Thursday, Apr 09
8:30AM Apr/04 Jobless Claims (k) Apr/04 219K 210K 202K
8:30AM Mar/28 Continued Claims (k) Mar/28 1794K 1840K 1841K
8:30AM Feb PCE prices (m/m) (%) Feb 0.4% 0.4% 0.3%
8:30AM Q4 PCE Prices (Q/Q) Q4 2.9% 2.9% 2.8%
8:30AM Feb Core PCE (y/y) (%) Feb 3% 3% 3.1%
8:30AM Feb Core PCE (m/m) (%) Feb 0.4% 0.4% 0.4%
8:30AM Q4 Core PCE Prices QoQ Q4 2.7% 2.7% 2.9%
8:30AM Feb PCE (y/y) (%) Feb 2.8% 2.8% 2.8%
8:30AM Q4 GDP Final Sales (%) Q4 0.3% 0.4% 4.5%
8:30AM Q4 GDP (%) Q4 0.5% 0.7% 4.4%
8:30AM Q4 Corporate profits (% ) Q4 5.7% 4.7%
12:00PM WASDE Report (%)
1:00PM 30-Yr Bond Auction (bl) 22
1:00PM 30-Year Bond Auction 4.876% 4.871%
Friday, Apr 10
12:00AM Roll Date - UMBS 30YR
8:30AM Mar m/m Headline CPI (%) Mar 0.9% 0.3%
8:30AM Mar m/m CORE CPI (%) Mar 0.3% 0.2%
8:30AM Mar y/y CORE CPI (%) Mar 2.7% 2.5%
8:30AM Mar y/y Headline CPI (%) Mar 3.3% 2.4%
10:00AM Feb Factory orders mm (%) Feb -0.2% 0.1%
10:00AM Apr Consumer Sentiment (ip) Apr 52 53.3
10:00AM Apr U Mich conditions Apr 55.8
10:00AM Apr Sentiment: 5y Inflation (%) Apr 3.2%
10:00AM Apr Sentiment: 1y Inflation (%) Apr 3.8%
2:00PM Mar Federal budget (bl) Mar $-156.75B $-308B
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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