Calmer Start. Uneventful ADP. Waiting on ISM

Calmer Start. Uneventful ADP. Waiting on ISM

After 2 days of much higher volatility at the open, bonds are roughly unchanged so far this morning and the overnight session was noticeably calmer. Today's big ticket data includes ADP Employment and ISM Services. The former is already out (63k vs 50k, with a negative revision about the same size as the beat) and not moving markets. With that, we wait for ISM Services at 10am ET--arguably a much more capable market mover on average. With 10s trading in the 4.07's currently, 4.10% increasingly looks like a technical ceiling.

Market Movement Recap
11:34 AM

flat all morning. MBS up 2 ticks (.06) and 10yr unchanged at 4.07

02:10 PM

still flat with MBS up 1 tick (.03) and 10yr up 0.9bps at 4.077

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After 2 days of much higher volatility at the open, bonds are roughly unchanged so far this morning and the overnight session was noticeably calmer. Today's big ticket data includes ADP Employment and ISM Services. The former is already out (63k vs 50k, with a negative revision about the same size as the beat) and not moving markets. With that, we wait for ISM Services at 10am ET--arguably a much more capable market mover on average. With 10s trading in the 4.07's curren...   READ MORE
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Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Wednesday, Mar 04
7:00AM Feb/27 MBA Refi Index Feb/27 1637.5 1432.9
7:00AM Feb/27 MBA Purchase Index Feb/27 158.9 149.7
7:00AM Feb/27 Mortgage Market Index Feb/27 377.5 340.2
8:15AM Feb ADP jobs (k) Feb 63K 50K 22K
9:45AM Feb S&P Global Composite PMI Feb 51.9 52.3 53
9:45AM Feb S&P Global Services PMI Feb 51.7 52.3 52.7
10:00AM Feb ISM Services Employment Feb 51.8 50.3
10:00AM Feb ISM Biz Activity Feb 59.9 57.4
10:00AM Feb ISM Services Prices Feb 63.0 66.6
10:00AM Feb ISM Services New Orders Feb 58.6 53.1
10:00AM Feb ISM N-Mfg PMI Feb 56.1 53.5 53.8
10:30AM Feb/27 Crude Oil Inventory (ml) Feb/27 3.475M 2.3M 15.989M
2:00PM Fed Beige Book
Thursday, Mar 05
7:30AM Feb Challenger layoffs (k) Feb 108.435K
8:30AM Jan Import prices mm (%) Jan 0.2% 0.1%
8:30AM Feb/28 Jobless Claims (k) Feb/28 215K 212K
8:30AM Feb/21 Continued Claims (k) Feb/21 1850K 1833K
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