Mortgage Advisor / Branch Manager
Fairway Mortgage
License:
1639987

Not The Payrolls You're Looking For

Not The Payrolls You're Looking For

In an attempt to not force another "Warsh" or "Jackson Hole" headline (because it's a coin flip as to whether it will matter), the calendar offers up another event that is almost guaranteed not to matter. Despite the familiar name, today's nonfarm payrolls data is not the NFP you're looking for (that NFP will be out next Friday). Rather, this is the preliminary annual benchmark revision which can make for big changes in the job count over the previous year, but which says nothing about the current state of the labor market. It's a statistical adjustment that is often blown WAY out of proportion by market watchers or politicians with axes to grind. 

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MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 5.5
99.22
-0.21 
10YR TREASURY
4.701
+0.031 
8/28/2026 11:29AM EST
MBS are now down a quarter point on the day and almost as much versus lender rate sheet print times. 10yr yields are up 4 bps at 4.71. Negative reprices are becoming more likely.   READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed
6.76%
+0.01% 
15YR Fixed
6.34%
+0.02% 
8/28/2026
Mortgage rates barely budged again on Thursday, but there was far less data to digest compared to Wednesday. Bonds (which dictate rates) were steady to slightly weaker. The "weaker" part connotes higher rates, but the weakness was late in the day and too small for most mortgage lenders to do anything about it. What does that mean? Unlike the actual bond market, which can move every millisecond, mortgage lenders only change rates 1-3 times per day, and it's usually only o...   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Friday, Aug 28
9:45AM Aug Chicago PMI Aug 47.1 58.3 57.6
10:00AM Aug Consumer Sentiment (ip) Aug 51.7 51.0 55.2
10:00AM Aug Sentiment: 1y Inflation (%) Aug 4% 4.3% 4.2%
10:00AM Aug U Mich conditions Aug 51.9 51.8 54.8
10:00AM Aug Sentiment: 5y Inflation (%) Aug 3.3% 3.3% 3.3%
10:00AM Non Farm Payrolls Annual Revision (k) -79K -911K
10:00AM Fed Chair Warsh Speech
10:07AM Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh delivers remarks from Jackson Hole
12:30PM Fed Goolsbee Speech
8:00PM Jackson Hole Symposium
Monday, Aug 31
Mortgage Advisor / Branch Manager
Fairway Mortgage
License:
1639987