MBS Fully Recover After Initial Reaction to Inflation Data

MBS Fully Recover After Initial Reaction to Inflation Data

There's no question that this morning's PPI data hit the bond market. The volume spike was easily higher than that seen with yesterday's CPI and the market movement left nothing to the imagination. In the big picture, a few bps of weakness in bond yields isn't that alarming, but if we consider PPI isn't usually a big deal and that yields were already pushing recent highs, things begin looking more meaningful. Despite the initial reaction, bonds found their footing after 11:30am. 10yr yields made it almost all the way back to pre-data levels and MBS fared even better--ultimately turning green around 2pm. 

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MBS Fully Recover After Initial Reaction to Inflation Data

MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 5.0
98.27
+0.05 
10YR TREASURY
4.461
-0.004 
5/14/2026 3:29AM EST
Bonds made a full recovery by 9:45am but have been selling off since then. The timing suggests retail investors changing asset allocation after hotter PPI, but could also include another round of concessionary selling ahead of the 30 year auction. MBS are now down 5 ticks (.16) on the day and at least an eighth of a point from many lenders' rate sheet print times. This makes negative reprices a possibility for jumpier lenders. 10yr yields are up 4.3bps at 4.496.   READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed
6.57%
+0.01% 
15YR Fixed
6.07%
+0.03% 
5/13/2026
Mortgage rates rose somewhat sharply yesterday to match the highest level since March 27th. They're just a hair higher today, thus officially at 6-week highs.  Whereas yesterday's Consumer Price Index (CPI) didn't have an obviously negative impact on rates, today's Producer Price Index (PPI) did. Both are big inflation reports. CPI is typically much more likely to cause a reaction in rates, but PPI showed a much bigger surge in inflation this morning. Even then, the...   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Thursday, May 14
8:30AM Apr Import prices mm (%) Apr 1.0% 0.8%
8:30AM May/09 Jobless Claims (k) May/09 205K 200K
8:30AM May/02 Continued Claims (k) May/02 1790K 1766K
8:30AM Apr Retail Sales Control Group MoM Apr 0.4% 0.7%
8:30AM Apr Retail Sales (%) Apr 0.5% 1.7%
10:00AM Mar Business Inventories (% ) Mar 0.8% 0.4%
1:00PM Fed Hammack Speech
5:45PM Fed Williams Speech
7:00PM Fed Barr Speech
Friday, May 15
12:00AM Roll Date - UMBS 15YR, Ginnie Mae 15YR
8:30AM May NY Fed Manufacturing May 7.5 11.00
9:15AM Apr Industrial Production (%) Apr 0.3% -0.5%
12:00PM NOPA Crush Report (%)