Big Intraday Round Trip For Bonds; Williams Helped

Big Intraday Round Trip For Bonds; Williams Helped

Bonds spent the first half of the day pressing into even weaker levels in spite of a respectable drop in oil prices. Data and headlines had little to no bearing on the selling. If anything, the biggest scapegoat is the combination of bearish momentum and quarter-end trading (something we're extrapolating from the mirror-image correlation between stocks and bond yields). 10yr yields crested 5.29% at their weakest levels--right in line with the only obvious nearby technical level from 2007. Bearishness reversed at 2pm when Fed Gov Williams said he didn't see a need for urgency after the September rate hike. Fed Funds Futures rallied quickly and the entire yield curve (apart from 30yr bonds) ended up making it back to positive territory by the close. 

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Big Intraday Round Trip For Bonds

MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 6.0
98.28
+0.10 
10YR TREASURY
5.211
-0.034 
9/30/2026 4:25AM EST
Just a head up for those curious about the mid-day recovery, this is the wire that marked the turning point: FED'S WILLIAMS - SEES NO NEED FOR URGENCY AFTER SEPTEMBER RATE HIKE As a reminder, Williams carries more weight than most Fed speakers. This is also a more unique comment relative to other Fed speakers recently. Markets agreed--especially Fed Funds Futures and the short end of the yield curve.  MBS are still weaker on the day, but by less than an e...   READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed
7.58%
+0.08% 
15YR Fixed
7.20%
+0.08% 
9/29/2026
Mortgage rates moved higher again on Tuesday as the bond market continues recalibrating expectations for Fed policy, economic growth, and inflation. The weakness is especially frustrating considering a fairly large drop in oil prices today, but as we discussed yesterday, rates have a lot more on their mind than oil these days. Our top-tier 30yr fixed rate index rose from 7.50 to 7.58% today--the highest since November 1st, 2023. In this sense, mortgage rates are doing much...   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Wednesday, Sep 30
7:00AM Sep/25 MBA Purchase Index Sep/25 154.9
7:00AM Sep/25 Mortgage Market Index Sep/25 227.3
7:00AM Sep/25 MBA Refi Index Sep/25 611.0
8:15AM Sep ADP jobs (k) Sep 70K 38K
8:30AM Aug PCE prices (m/m) (%) Aug 0.4% 0.2%
8:30AM Q2 GDP (%) Q2 1.5% 2.1%
8:30AM Q2 Corporate profits (% ) Q2 8.2% 0.5%
8:30AM Aug Core PCE (m/m) (%) Aug 0.3% 0.2%
8:30AM Q2 Core PCE Prices QoQ Q2 3.6% 4.4%
8:30AM Q2 PCE Prices (Q/Q) Q2 5.3% 4.6%
8:30AM Aug PCE (y/y) (%) Aug 3.7% 3.7%
8:30AM Q2 GDP Final Sales (%) Q2 2.2% 1.9%
8:30AM Aug Core PCE (y/y) (%) Aug 3.3% 3.3%
9:45AM Sep Chicago PMI Sep 51.2 47.1
10:30AM Sep/25 Crude Oil Inventory (ml) Sep/25 -0.7M 2.969M
1:30PM Fed Barkin Speech
5:10PM Fed Goolsbee Speech
6:00PM Fed Kashkari Speech
Thursday, Oct 01
5:30AM Sep Challenger layoffs (k) Sep 52.881K
8:30AM Sep/19 Continued Claims (k) Sep/19 1730K 1719K
8:30AM Sep/26 Jobless Claims (k) Sep/26 200K 197K
9:05AM Fed Barkin Speech
9:05AM Fed Schmid Speech
9:05AM Fed Collins Speech
9:45AM Sep S&P Global Manuf. PMI Sep 57.0 53.9
10:00AM Sep ISM Manufacturing Employment Sep 51.2
10:00AM Sep ISM Mfg Prices Paid Sep 72.3 71.1
10:00AM Sep ISM Manufacturing PMI Sep 55 54.6
10:00AM Aug Construction spending (%) Aug 0% -0.5%
3:30PM Fed Williams Speech
6:45PM Fed Logan Speech