Roughly Unchanged as Holiday Effect Persists

Roughly Unchanged as Holiday Effect Persists

Much of the international trading community remains on holiday today, making for lower volume and liquidity in the US. Bonds have managed to mostly shrug off Friday's stronger jobs report--a fact that we'd attribute mainly to the focus on the unemployment rate over the balmy payroll count. Additionally, war-related developments remain near the top of the heap of relevant market movers until their impacts translate more forcefully to economic data. On that note, we'll get ISM Services data this morning and CPI on Friday--both for the month of March. The weekend offered no meaningful changes in the status of the war other than the notion of a 45 day ceasefire being floated, but not yet approved by either side.

Market Movement Recap
09:03 AM

A hair weaker overnight but rallying into positive territory in early trading. MBS up 6 ticks (.19) and 10yr down 1bp at 4.332

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MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 5.0 98.87 +0.21 10YR 4.327% -0.014% 4/6/2026 11:52AM EST
Much of the international trading community remains on holiday today, making for lower volume and liquidity in the US. Bonds have managed to mostly shrug off Friday's stronger jobs report--a fact that we'd attribute mainly to the focus on the unemployment rate over the balmy payroll count. Additionally, war-related developments remain near the top of the heap of relevant market movers until their impacts translate more forcefully to economic data. On that note, we'll get IS...   READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed 6.45% +0.04% 15YR Fixed 6.02% +0.01% 4/3/2026
On any given Thursday, there's a decent enough chance that the average mortgage rate headline will be unintentionally misleading. At issue is media reliance on the longstanding weekly mortgage rate surveys. If news stories are going to cite this data, that's fine, but it's critical to understand the methodology. Whether it's MBA (reported yesterday) or Freddie Mac (reported today), the weekly surveys have an inherent reporting lag--that is, they are published at least a day...   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Monday, Apr 06
10:00AM Mar ISM Biz Activity Mar 53.9 59.9
10:00AM Mar ISM Services Prices Mar 70.7 63.0
10:00AM Mar ISM Services New Orders Mar 60.6 58.6
10:00AM Mar ISM N-Mfg PMI Mar 54.0 55 56.1
10:00AM Mar ISM Services Employment Mar 45.2 51.8
Tuesday, Apr 07
8:15AM ADP Employment Change Weekly 10K
8:30AM Feb Core CapEx (%) Feb 0%
8:30AM Feb Durable goods (%) Feb -0.5% 0%
9:20AM NY Fed Bill Purchases 1 to 4 months (%) $8.071 billion
10:10AM Apr IBD economic optimism Apr 48.1 47.5
11:00AM Mar Consumer Inflation Expectations Mar 3%
12:35PM Fed Goolsbee Speech
1:00PM 3-Yr Note Auction (bl) 58
3:00PM Feb Consumer credit (bl) Feb $10B $8.05B
5:50PM Fed Jefferson Speech
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First things first, due to the market's reaction to the Iran war, mortgage rates remain much higher than they were at the end of February. That said, they definitely did not move higher this week. You may have seen contrary headlines on Wednesday and Thursday. The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) and Freddie Mac release their weekly rate surveys on those days, respectively. Both reported shar... READ MORE