No "Yeah Buts" in Today's CPI. It's All Bad For Bonds

No "Yeah Buts" in Today's CPI. It's All Bad For Bonds

Some inflation reports have counterpoints even if they appear high at first glance. This one is just all-around not great for bonds. Really the only way someone could try to find a silver lining would be to say that month-over-month inflation moved a hair lower in a few key categories, but considering last month's report saw very high readings in those categories, that silver might actually be a lightning bolt. 

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MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 6.0
99.42
-0.63 
10YR TREASURY
5.004
+0.113 
11/10/2026 1:30PM EST
Just a heads up for those of you whose rate sheets aren't substantially worse this morning. Some lenders apparently didn't price conservatively enough (the custom is to add a bit of extra pain to rate sheets on a day where bonds are sharply weaker after 8:30am data).  Officially, MBS are only down an eighth of a point from 9:35am ET. As such, a jumpy, early-pricing lender would only now be on the threshold of negative reprices. If your rates are already about an eight...   READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed
7.30%
+0.12% 
15YR Fixed
6.92%
+0.09% 
11/10/2026
Rates enjoyed a remarkably calm winning streak over the past month with the worst single day resulting in a 0.06% increase for a top tier 30yr fixed loan and the average day seeing a 0.02% decline. That streak was dealt its first serious blow today following a hotter than expected in the Consumer Price Index (CPI)--a key inflation report. Even though the Fed's official inflation target is based on Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE), we'll be waiting another 2 weeks for...   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Tuesday, Nov 10
12:00AM Roll Date - UMBS 30YR
6:00AM Oct NFIB Business Optimism Index Oct 97.8 97.7 97.9
8:15AM ADP Employment Change Weekly 19.75K 16.75K
8:30AM Oct y/y CORE CPI (%) Oct 2.8% 2.6%
8:30AM Oct m/m Headline CPI (%) Oct 0.4% 0.3% 0.6%
8:30AM Oct m/m CORE CPI (%) Oct 0.3% 0.2% 0.3%
8:30AM Oct y/y Headline CPI (%) Oct 3.9% 3.7%
12:00PM WASDE Report
12:00PM EIA Short-Term Energy Outlook
1:00PM 10-Year Note Auction 5.020% 5.300%
Wednesday, Nov 11
12:00AM Veterans Day
7:00AM Nov/06 MBA Refi Index Nov/06 517.5
7:00AM Nov/06 MBA Purchase Index Nov/06 131.4
7:00AM Nov/06 Mortgage Market Index Nov/06 192.6