MBS & US Treasury Markets
4/24 5:24:00PM EST : Delayed Data

What's "normal" for the bond market? That depends how far back you want to look.  Starting in late February, we had about a month of mostly sideways movement in a relatively narrow range as we waited for clarity on new fiscal policies and economic data. The tariff roll-out shook things up, to be sure, but for more than a week now, yields have been back in the same old "normal" pattern. So what's next? That's a good question. It could be a big policy shift, or economic data, or a global market event.  No one knows, but we'll know it when we see it. 

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As a counterpoint to the chart above, consider that shorter term bonds have been trending in the opposite direction and at a faster pace.

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How to reconcile the outperformance of 2yr yields vs 10yr yields:

(remember that 2s have a lot in common with intermediate Fed rate expectations)

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08:58 AM

Stronger overnight with additional gains after uneventful data.  MBS up a quarter point and 10yr down 6+bps at 4.32

01:09 PM

No major reaction to ho-hum 7yr auction.  10yr yields down 7.7bps at 4.312 and MBS up 3/8ths of a point. 

03:33 PM

Best levels of the day.  MBS up nearly half a point and 10yr down 8bps at 4.31