Thursday's Rally Sets Up For a Very Interesting Friday

Thursday's Rally Sets Up For a Very Interesting Friday

Of course we had to have a big, interesting move in the bond market on the day before an economic report also famous for causing big, interesting moves. On such occasions, if Friday delivers on "interesting" it will either negate today's bullishness or add to it in a way that makes today retroactively look like an obvious near-term top in rates. There's no way to know enough about today's rally to conclude that--let alone the unknowable results of the jobs report and the ensuing reaction. All we know: today was a win. If more wins follow, we can talk more about bigger picture supportive ceilings.

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Thursday's Rally Sets Up For an Interesting Friday

MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 6.0
98.36
+0.34 
10YR TREASURY
5.244
-0.043 
10/1/2026 3:54PM EST
In the last alert: "the market reaction is still playing out." As the "playing out" continues, we're now back to unchanged levels in MBS--several bps stronger than pre-data levels.  Same story in 10yr yields, now up less than 1bp on the day at 5.295.  The 5.34% technical level has brought in bond buyers twice now (once overnight at 3:30am ET and then again just after the 10am mini-sell-off).    READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed
7.54%
-0.06% 
15YR Fixed
7.18%
-0.04% 
10/1/2026
It's a rarity these days, but mortgage rates actually moved lower today by more than a token amount. The average top-tier 30yr fixed rate fell to 7.54% from 7.60% yesterday. There are multiple potential factors in play when it comes to explaining the underlying bond market rally, but none of them stand out as an obvious singular motivation. For those curious, the list (which has several esoteric factors that we won't be fully explaining here) includes, but is not limited ...   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Thursday, Oct 01
5:30AM Sep Challenger layoffs (k) Sep 43.281K 52.881K
8:30AM Sep/19 Continued Claims (k) Sep/19 1701K 1730K 1719K
8:30AM Sep/26 Jobless Claims (k) Sep/26 197K 200K 197K
9:05AM Fed Barkin Speech
9:05AM Fed Schmid Speech
9:05AM Fed Collins Speech
9:45AM Sep S&P Global Manuf. PMI Sep 55.9 57.0 53.9
10:00AM Sep ISM Manufacturing Employment Sep 52.7 51.2
10:00AM Sep ISM Mfg Prices Paid Sep 77.9 72.3 71.1
10:00AM Sep ISM Manufacturing PMI Sep 54.5 55 54.6
10:00AM Aug Construction spending (%) Aug 0.9% 0% -0.5%
3:30PM Fed Williams Speech
6:00PM Sep Total Vehicle Sales (ml) Sep 16M 16.6M 16.8M
6:45PM Fed Logan Speech
Friday, Oct 02
8:30AM Sep Average earnings mm (%) Sep 0.3% 0.3%
8:30AM Sep Non Farm Payrolls (k) Sep 90K 162K
8:30AM Sep Participation Rate Sep 61.6%
8:30AM Sep Unemployment rate mm (%) Sep 4.1% 4.1%
10:00AM Aug Factory orders mm (%) Aug 0.1% 0.9%
10:00AM Fed Logan Speech