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Now Completely Shunning The Drop in Oil

Now Completely Shunning The Drop in Oil

Bonds were initially modestly stronger overnight, but mostly sideways in the bigger picture. Right at the 8:20am CME open, bond sellers were clearly waiting in line to sell. This is another small anecdote that potentially suggests month/quarter-end trading is contributing to this week's volatility. It could also be an ongoing defensive stance ahead of this week's high-stakes econ data (this morning's JOLTs being today's most pressing example, coming up at 10am ET). The weakness completely ignored a fairly substantial drop in oil prices. We'll see more about what's what after 10am.

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Bond-Specific Weakness

MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 6.0
97.87
-0.33 
10YR TREASURY
5.276
+0.036 
9/29/2026 2:09PM EST
Just a head up for those curious about the mid-day recovery, this is the wire that marked the turning point: FED'S WILLIAMS - SEES NO NEED FOR URGENCY AFTER SEPTEMBER RATE HIKE As a reminder, Williams carries more weight than most Fed speakers. This is also a more unique comment relative to other Fed speakers recently. Markets agreed--especially Fed Funds Futures and the short end of the yield curve.  MBS are still weaker on the day, but by less than an e...   READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed
7.58%
+0.08% 
15YR Fixed
7.20%
+0.08% 
9/29/2026
Mortgage rates moved higher again on Tuesday as the bond market continues recalibrating expectations for Fed policy, economic growth, and inflation. The weakness is especially frustrating considering a fairly large drop in oil prices today, but as we discussed yesterday, rates have a lot more on their mind than oil these days. Our top-tier 30yr fixed rate index rose from 7.50 to 7.58% today--the highest since November 1st, 2023. In this sense, mortgage rates are doing much...   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Tuesday, Sep 29
9:00AM Jul FHFA Home Price Index m/m (%) Jul 0.3% 0.1% 0%
9:00AM Jul FHFA Home Prices y/y (%) Jul 2.6% 2.3%
9:00AM Jul CaseShiller 20 mm nsa (%) Jul 0% 0.4%
9:00AM Jul Case Shiller Home Prices-20 y/y (% ) Jul 2.5% 2.2% 2.1%
9:20AM NY Fed Bill Purchases 1 to 4 months (%) $3.892 billion
10:00AM Aug JOLTs Job Quits (ml) Aug 3.066M 3.056M
10:00AM Aug USA JOLTS Job Openings (ml) Aug 7.079M 7.23M 7.271M
10:00AM Sep CB Consumer Confidence (%) Sep 81.9 89.2 89.4
11:30AM 6-Week Bill Auction (%) 3.970% 3.870%
1:00PM Fed Goolsbee Speech
1:30PM Fed Musalem Speech
2:00PM Fed Williams Speech
Wednesday, Sep 30
7:00AM Sep/25 MBA Purchase Index Sep/25 154.9
7:00AM Sep/25 Mortgage Market Index Sep/25 227.3
7:00AM Sep/25 MBA Refi Index Sep/25 611.0
8:15AM Sep ADP jobs (k) Sep 70K 38K
8:30AM Aug PCE prices (m/m) (%) Aug 0.4% 0.2%
8:30AM Q2 GDP (%) Q2 1.5% 2.1%
8:30AM Q2 Corporate profits (% ) Q2 8.2% 0.5%
8:30AM Aug Core PCE (m/m) (%) Aug 0.3% 0.2%
8:30AM Q2 Core PCE Prices QoQ Q2 3.6% 4.4%
8:30AM Q2 PCE Prices (Q/Q) Q2 5.3% 4.6%
8:30AM Aug PCE (y/y) (%) Aug 3.7% 3.7%
8:30AM Q2 GDP Final Sales (%) Q2 2.2% 1.9%
8:30AM Aug Core PCE (y/y) (%) Aug 3.3% 3.3%
9:45AM Sep Chicago PMI Sep 51.2 47.1
10:30AM Sep/25 Crude Oil Inventory (ml) Sep/25 2.969M
1:30PM Fed Barkin Speech
5:10PM Fed Goolsbee Speech
6:00PM Fed Kashkari Speech
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