Minimal Overnight Volatility. Waiting on Data and War News

Minimal Overnight Volatility. Waiting on Data and War News

With the potential for a Hormuz deal floated earlier in the week, a more substantive announcement remains the biggest opportunity for the bond market until Friday's jobs report (and even then, could supersede the jobs report depending on the details). Conversely, another diplomatic breakdown or another re-escalation would be the biggest risk. There were no no hints of either eventuality overnight and the flat trading levels in bonds confirm that. In the meantime, we'll have some B-team data in the form of ISM Services this morning at 10am ET. This report isn't guaranteed to cause a reaction, but it certainly reserves that right if it falls appreciably far from forecasts. As always, the employment component of the ISM data carries some weight given that it adds another solid anecdote ahead of Friday's big jobs report. Oil prices drifted just a hair higher after initial overnight gains, and bonds have followed, but the movement is so small that it's just as fair to say everything is sideways so far.

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MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 5.5
99.51
-0.09 
10YR TREASURY
4.631
+0.017 
8/5/2026 12:54PM EST
U.S. REMOVES IRAN-RELATED SANCTIONS -TREASURY WEBSITE We have not been able to independently confirm that the the sanctions news exists on Treasury's website, but the newswire exists and markets are reacting. MBS are back to within 1 tick (.03) of unchanged and 10yr yields are within a fraction of a bp at 4.616. This alleviates any reprice risk that had been building into the 10am hour.    READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed
6.75%
+0.00% 
15YR Fixed
6.29%
+0.00% 
8/5/2026
Mortgage rates were a bit hesitant to follow the bond market's advice yesterday. Specifically, bonds rallied (i.e. bond prices moved higher and yields/rates moved lower). This almost always coincides with mortgage rates falling by a proportional amount. But yesterday didn't see the typical level of correlation for many lenders. Today is a different story. The additional gains in the bond market (courtesy of Iran-related headlines and lower oil prices) offered enough reassu...   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Wednesday, Aug 05
7:00AM Jul/31 MBA Purchase Index Jul/31 154.0 159.8
7:00AM Jul/31 Mortgage Market Index Jul/31 240.0 247.2
7:00AM Jul/31 MBA Refi Index Jul/31 709.1 723.1
8:15AM Jul ADP jobs (k) Jul 44K 70K 98K
9:45AM Jul S&P Global Services PMI Jul 54.6 53.6 51.2
9:45AM Jul S&P Global Composite PMI Jul 54.5 53.6 51.9
10:00AM Jul ISM Biz Activity Jul 59.1 55.4
10:00AM Jul ISM Services Employment Jul 47.4 51.2
10:00AM Jul ISM Services New Orders Jul 57.2 55.1
10:00AM Jul ISM Services Prices Jul 70.3 67.7
10:00AM Jul ISM N-Mfg PMI Jul 54.1 54.5 54.0
10:30AM Jul/31 Crude Oil Inventory (ml) Jul/31 2.479M -1.5M -7.167M
4:05PM Fed Cook Speech
Thursday, Aug 06
5:30AM Jul Challenger layoffs (k) Jul 45.849K
8:30AM Jul/25 Continued Claims (k) Jul/25 1790K 1782K
8:30AM Aug/01 Jobless Claims (k) Aug/01 202K 197K
8:30AM Q2 Unit Labour Costs QoQ Final Q2 2.1% 1.8%
9:20AM NY Fed Bill Purchases 4 to 12 months (%) $3.453 billion
5:30PM Fed Musalem Speech