Sharply Weaker Again. Half Oil. Half PPI

Sharply Weaker Again. Half Oil. Half PPI

It's been a rough couple of days for the bond market. Yesterday, it was Bessent and the reaction to the Treasury buyback announcement. Today it is an overnight surge in oil prices and a lackluster reaction to the Producer Price Index (PPI). PPI doesn't tend to move markets as much as CPI (due out tomorrow), but it certainly can for two reasons: on the rare occasions when it is released before CPI and when its components suggest an increase in PCE inflation. In other words, parts of the PPI data have a bearing on PCE and PCE is ultimately what matters most. The market doesn't always trade it that way because PPI/CPI reveal so much about PCE that PCE is less of a surprise by the time it comes out. About half of this morning's weakness was in place before PPI due to the overnight oil price spike. Bonds are showing their first indication that they might try to find their footing with 10yr yields around 4.92, but we're not counting chickens yet. 

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MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 5.5
97.73
-0.70 
10YR TREASURY
4.922
+0.083 
9/10/2026 12:14PM EST
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30YR Fixed
7.07%
+0.10% 
15YR Fixed
6.62%
+0.08% 
9/10/2026
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Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Thursday, Sep 10
8:30AM Aug/29 Continued Claims (k) Aug/29 1774K 1780K 1779K
8:30AM Sep/05 Jobless Claims (k) Sep/05 206K 205K 206K
8:30AM Aug Core PPI m/m (%) Aug 0.2% 0.3% 0.2%
8:30AM Aug Core PPI y/y (%) Aug 4.6% 4.6% 4.2%
8:30AM Aug PPI y/y Aug 5.4% 5.3% 4.7%
8:30AM Aug PPI m/m (%) Aug 0.4% 0.4% 0%
9:20AM NY Fed Bill Purchases 4 to 12 months (%) $2.122 billion
10:00AM Aug Existing home sales (ml) Aug 3.98M 3.98M 4.06M
10:00AM Aug Exist. home sales % chg (%) Aug -2% -1.7%
12:00PM Sep/04 Crude Oil Inventory (ml) Sep/04 -0.391M -1.6M -4.45M
1:00PM 30-Yr Bond Auction (bl) 22
1:00PM 30-Year Bond Auction 5.308% 5.216%
Friday, Sep 11
12:00AM Roll Date - UMBS 30YR
8:30AM Aug y/y Headline CPI (%) Aug 3.4% 3.4%
8:30AM Aug m/m CORE CPI (%) Aug 0.2% 0.2%
8:30AM Aug m/m Headline CPI (%) Aug 0.4% 0.1%
8:30AM Aug y/y CORE CPI (%) Aug 2.4% 2.5%
10:00AM Sep Consumer Sentiment (ip) Sep 51 51.7
10:00AM Sep Sentiment: 1y Inflation (%) Sep 4%
10:00AM Sep Sentiment: 5y Inflation (%) Sep 3.3%
10:00AM Sep U Mich conditions Sep 51.3 51.9
12:00PM WASDE Report (%)
2:00PM Aug Federal budget (bl) Aug $-404B $-432B