Sharply Weaker on Oil and Econ Data

Sharply Weaker on Oil and Econ Data

Bonds lost ground overnight with rising oil prices correlating very well with the higher yields. The selling was minimal and yields remained range bound until roughly 945am ET. While there was slight additional pressure from another little pop in oil prices, the main bad actor was a surprisingly strong reading in S&P PMI data. This series typically goes unnoticed unless it wildly beats/misses forecasts. This morning's results were on the wild side with both services and manufacturing hitting the highest levels in years. Bonds reacted immediately with 10yr yields jumping from 5.0% to over 5.04% almost instantly. Fed Funds futures lurched to price in even stronger odds of a second rate hike at the next meeting and 2 hikes by December (over a 50% chance now). 

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MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 6.0
99.10
-0.73 
10YR TREASURY
5.094
+0.129 
9/23/2026 12:39PM EST
MBS are now down half a point on the day and another eighth of a point below the levels at the time of the last alert.  Many lenders had not yet published rate sheets when that alert came out. They're waiting for the dust to settle and their initial sheets will be ugly.  The precious few lenders that published rate sheets at or before, say, 9:50am (or any lender whose rates weren't much worse than yesterday's) are likely to be considering negative reprice...   READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed
7.26%
+0.09% 
15YR Fixed
6.87%
+0.04% 
9/23/2026
Mortgage rates didn't move much on Tuesday, but at least it was in the right direction. Perhaps more exciting is the fact that the average lender is now at the lowest levels in a week with top-tier 30yr fixed rates at 7.17% versus 7.19% yesterday. This matches September 14th's rates. Before that, you'd have to go back to January, 2025 to see anything higher.  Motivation came from familiar sources as oil prices moved lower after overnight headlines regarding a potentia...   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Wednesday, Sep 23
7:00AM Sep/18 Mortgage Market Index Sep/18 227.3 230.8
7:00AM Sep/18 MBA Purchase Index Sep/18 154.9 156.2
7:00AM Sep/18 MBA Refi Index Sep/18 611.0 627.1
9:45AM Sep S&P Global Composite PMI Sep 58.4 56
9:45AM Sep S&P Global Manuf. PMI Sep 57 53.6 53.9
9:45AM Sep S&P Global Services PMI Sep 58.7 56 56.5
10:05AM Fed Barr Speech
10:30AM Sep/18 Crude Oil Inventory (ml) Sep/18 2.969M -0.6M -0.64M
11:30AM 2-Yr Note Auction (bl) 28
11:30AM 2-Year FRN Auction (%) 0.040% 0.055%
1:00PM 5-Yr Note Auction (bl) 70
8:00PM President Trump and President Xi Summit (%)
8:00PM UN General Assembly (%)
Thursday, Sep 24
4:10AM Fed Williams Speech
8:00AM Fed Barkin Speech
8:30AM Aug Building Permits (ml) Aug 1.394M 1.433M
8:30AM Sep/12 Continued Claims (k) Sep/12 1750K 1730K
8:30AM Sep/19 Jobless Claims (k) Sep/19 201K 196K
8:50AM Fed Hammack Speech
8:50AM Fed Hammack Speech
9:20AM NY Fed Bill Purchases 4 to 12 months (%) $1.946 billion
10:00AM Aug New Home Sales (ml) Aug 0.62M 0.607M
10:00AM Aug New Home Sales (%) (%) Aug -10.5%
10:10AM Fed Paulson Speech
1:00PM 7-Yr Note Auction (bl) 44
8:00PM UN General Assembly (%)