Weaker Start. No New Reasons

Weaker Start. No New Reasons

Another week begins with the frustrating reality of the bond market selling just because there's no reason to buy. To be fair, 2yr yields are unchanged, but longer-dated yields are several bps higher than Friday afternoon. All this despite oil prices being lower and econ data being in line with expectations. At this point, anyone offering rationale for the movement is forced to craft a narrative that fits that movement. In other words, if yields were plummeting, the average bond analyst wouldn't be harping on a laundry list of reasons that bonds are making the incorrect move.

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MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 6.0
97.83
-0.23 
10YR TREASURY
5.307
+0.028 
10/5/2026 5:00PM EST
Bonds are at their weakest levels with 10yr yields up 5bps and MBS down more than a quarter point. Any lender out with rates before 10:30am ET is already seeing at least an eighth of a point of weakness. As such, the jumpier lenders could already be considering negative reprices.    READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed
7.61%
+0.04% 
15YR Fixed
7.23%
+0.04% 
10/5/2026
The good news is that today's average top-tier 30yr fixed rate ended only 0.01% higher than last week's high (7.61 vs 7.60). If you are only interested in good news, have a great rest of your Monday and you're free to go. The rest of the news isn't terrible, but we we can't classify it as "good." Bonds lost ground today and, as has been the case on many recent occasions, there weren't any new, obvious scapegoats.  On a vast majority of days when rates make a move, th...   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Monday, Oct 05
9:20AM NY Fed Bill Purchases 4 to 12 months (%) $1.946 billion
9:45AM Sep S&P Global Services PMI Sep 58.8 58.7 56.5
9:45AM Sep S&P Global Composite PMI Sep 58.4 58.4 56.0
10:00AM Sep ISM Biz Activity Sep 56.5 61.7
10:00AM Sep ISM Services Employment Sep 50.1 47.8
10:00AM Sep ISM Services Prices Sep 74.0 72.6
10:00AM Sep ISM Services New Orders Sep 59.8 60.9
10:00AM Sep ISM N-Mfg PMI Sep 54.9 55 55.4
Tuesday, Oct 06
8:15AM ADP Employment Change Weekly 23.75K 20K
8:30AM Aug Trade Gap (bl) Aug $-105.6B $-102B $-88.6B
10:00AM Oct IBD economic optimism Oct 46.8 44.5 45.6
1:00PM 3-Yr Note Auction (bl) 58