Ugly Snowball Selling Thanks to Oil and Inflation Data

Ugly Snowball Selling Thanks to Oil and Inflation Data

MBS lost nearly a full point by 4pm ET and 10yr yields were up 11.4bps at 4.95%. This is the highest since October 2023 when 10s briefly hit 5.006%.  At one point in the overnight session, yields were slightly LOWER on the day. Things changed in waves. First wave: oil prices surged overnight and had already broken $100 but the time PPI came out. Second wave: PPI was roughly in line with forecasts, but internal components suggested a 0.1 increase to core PCE inflation. The reaction was the sharpest of the day for bonds. Third wave: late day illiquid redistribution after 30yr bond auction (although this could also be incidental drift ahead of Friday's CPI data). If we could only focus on 2 things, it would be the acceleration in the fuel price trend and the unfriendly PCE implications in today's PPI data. 

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MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 5.5
97.61
-0.83 
10YR TREASURY
4.949
+0.109 
9/10/2026 2:29PM EST
This adds emphasis to the previous alert. MBS are down another eighth of a point since then. We've already seen quite a few negative reprices, but the additional weakness makes it more likely, even for the less jumpy lenders.    READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed
7.07%
+0.10% 
15YR Fixed
6.62%
+0.08% 
9/10/2026
You may have seen other headlines today that reference 30yr fixed rates of 6.76%. Those stories would be citing Freddie Mac's weekly rate survey which is an average of the 5 business days (4 in this case, due to the holiday) ending yesterday (September 9th). Because of that methodology, the number lags reality. Today alone, the average lender moved up 0.125% in rate. In addition, Freddie no longer accounts for "points" (additional money paid upfront for a lower rate). In ot...   READ MORE
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