Oil Dropping, Bonds Rallying, Data Largely Ignored

Oil Dropping, Bonds Rallying, Data Largely Ignored

From an analytical standpoint, it's hard to offer new and interesting insights when the order of any given day is simply to observe broad war-related sentiment via oil prices.  From there, if bonds are diverging, we have a few things to discuss, but if bond yields are following, the case is closed. Today's case is mostly closed as the correlation is mostly there. The only minor divergence arrived after the boatload of AM econ data. It wasn't much of a move, but it was in a friendly direction despite sharply lower jobless claims. Perhaps the market was modestly relieved that year over year PCE "only" rose to 3.5%? 

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Mostly War-Related Weakness With a Small Boost From The Fed

MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 5.0 98.59 +0.25 10YR 4.393% -0.038% 4/30/2026 12:00PM EST
From an analytical standpoint, it's hard to offer new and interesting insights when the order of any given day is simply to observe broad war-related sentiment via oil prices.  From there, if bonds are diverging, we have a few things to discuss, but if bond yields are following, the case is closed. Today's case is mostly closed as the correlation is mostly there. The only minor divergence arrived after the boatload of AM econ data. It wasn't much of a move, but it w...   READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed 6.45% -0.05% 15YR Fixed 6.01% -0.02% 4/30/2026
Mortgage rates jumped higher today at the fastest pace in weeks to the highest levels since March 30th. There were two key motivations for the increase, but one accounted for a vast majority of the damage. News came out overnight that spoke to the possibility of a prolonged blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Markets took this seriously because it involved conversations with oil executives to assess the the impact of a prolonged blockade on domestic energy markets and fuel p...   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Thursday, Apr 30
8:30AM Apr/25 Jobless Claims (k) Apr/25 189K 215K 214K
8:30AM Apr/18 Continued Claims (k) Apr/18 1785K 1820K 1821K
8:30AM Mar Core PCE (m/m) (%) Mar 0.3% 0.3% 0.4%
8:30AM Mar PCE (y/y) (%) Mar 3.5% 3.5% 2.8%
8:30AM Q1 Employment costs (%) Q1 0.9% 0.8% 0.7%
8:30AM Q1 GDP Final Sales (%) Q1 1.6% 0.3%
8:30AM Mar Core PCE (y/y) (%) Mar 3.2% 3.2% 3%
8:30AM Q1 PCE Prices (Q/Q) Q1 4.5% 2.9%
8:30AM Q1 GDP (%) Q1 2.0% 2.3% 0.5%
8:30AM Q1 Core PCE Prices QoQ Q1 4.3% 4.1% 2.7%
8:30AM Mar PCE prices (m/m) (%) Mar 0.7% 0.7% 0.4%
9:45AM Apr Chicago PMI Apr 49.2 53 52.8
10:00AM Feb CB Leading Index MoM (%) Feb 0.3% -0.1% -0.1%
10:00AM Mar CB Leading Index MoM (%) Mar -0.6% 0.3%
Friday, May 01
9:45AM Apr S&P Global Manuf. PMI Apr 54.0 52.3
10:00AM Apr ISM Manufacturing PMI Apr 53 52.7
10:00AM Apr ISM Mfg Prices Paid Apr 80 78.3
10:00AM Apr ISM Manufacturing Employment Apr 49 48.7