Overnight Adaptive Cruise, Following Oil

Overnight Adaptive Cruise, Following Oil

If rate movement were a car, it's been driving pretty recklessly recently, and definitely not keeping good pace with other motorists. But every now and then, we see a break in the craziness. The overnight trading session provided an example. The bond car set its adaptive cruise control to follow the car in front of it (oil prices, in today's case). That's left us just a bit stronger to start, but it's not an inspiring reversal so much as a coincidental mini-correction.  10yr yields unfortunately seem to be hitting resistance at 5.26%, but oil bounced at the same time, and we're not really in love with technicals these days. This afternoon's 3yr Treasury auction has a small chance of being mildly interesting (emphasis on small/mild). Bottom line: adrift and waiting for the next big move.

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UMBS 6.0
97.95
+0.11 
10YR TREASURY
5.289
-0.018 
10/6/2026 9:34AM EST
If rate movement were a car, it's been driving pretty recklessly recently, and definitely not keeping good pace with other motorists. But every now and then, we see a break in the craziness. The overnight trading session provided an example. The bond car set its adaptive cruise control to follow the car in front of it (oil prices, in today's case). That's left us just a bit stronger to start, but it's not an inspiring reversal so much as a coincidental mini-correction.  ...   READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed
7.56%
-0.05% 
15YR Fixed
7.22%
-0.01% 
10/6/2026
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
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
12:00PM EIA Short-Term Energy Outlook
1:00PM 3-Yr Note Auction (bl) 58
Wednesday, Oct 07
7:00AM Oct/02 Mortgage Market Index Oct/02 213.6
7:00AM Oct/02 MBA Refi Index Oct/02 557.8
7:00AM Oct/02 MBA Purchase Index Oct/02 148.2
10:30AM Oct/02 Crude Oil Inventory (ml) Oct/02 0.922M
11:00AM Sep Consumer Inflation Expectations Sep 3.6%
1:00PM 10-yr Note Auction (bl) 39
2:00PM FOMC Minutes
3:00PM Aug Consumer credit (bl) Aug $15B $18.06B