Owner/Broker
Great American Lending LLC
License:
MLO-4493
Company-201546

Tech Jitters are Back. Bonds Like It

Tech Jitters are Back. Bonds Like It

As has been the case for the past several weeks, the near-term fate of the rate rally is dependent on tech jitters. While those had leveled off in a sideways pattern over the first few days of the week, they resurfaced today, both at the NYSE open and close. The 4pm move was bigger for stocks and directly linked to weak guidance in Intel and Amazon earnings releases. Bonds were already moderately stronger on the day after the 9:30am gains, but improved even more after the 4pm NYSE close. 

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Tech Jitters are Back. Bonds Like It

MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 6.0
99.65
+0.06 
10YR TREASURY
4.980
-0.037 
10/29/2026 3:05PM EST
Lenders who published rates between 9:30 and 10:15am ET are now seeing 6 ticks (.19) of weakness in MBS. Negative reprices are now a possibility for the jumpier among them. There is no new justification for the pull-back.    READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed
7.29%
-0.06% 
15YR Fixed
6.95%
-0.05% 
10/29/2026
After 4 rather uneventful trading days, the bond market (which underlies interest rate movement) experienced a bit more volatility today. Fortunately, it was volatility in a friendly direction. 10yr Treasury yields ended the day at their lowest level since September 22nd. Mortgage rates dropped to their lowest mark since September 23rd for the average lender.  [thirtyyearmortgagerates] Bond gains coincided with moments of weakness in the stock market, primarily at...   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Thursday, Oct 29
8:30AM Q3 GDP Final Sales (%) Q3 1.7% 2.8%
8:30AM Q3 GDP (%) Q3 3.4% 3.2% 2.2%
8:30AM Oct/24 Jobless Claims (k) Oct/24 194K 199K 194K
8:30AM Q3 Core PCE Prices QoQ Q3 2.5% 2.4% 3.3%
8:30AM Sep Core PCE (y/y) (%) Sep 3.1% 3.1% 3%
8:30AM Sep Core PCE (m/m) (%) Sep 0.3% 0.3% 0.2%
8:30AM Oct/17 Continued Claims (k) Oct/17 1701K 1720K 1728K
8:30AM Q3 PCE Prices (Q/Q) Q3 2.1% 3.4% 5%
8:30AM Sep PCE (y/y) (%) Sep 3.6% 3.6% 3.4%
8:30AM Sep PCE prices (m/m) (%) Sep 0.5% 0.5% 0.3%
1:00PM 7-Year Note Auction 4.894% 5.085%
Friday, Oct 30
8:30AM Q3 Employment costs (%) Q3 0.8% 0.9%
9:45AM Oct Chicago PMI Oct 56.1 58.8
Owner/Broker
Great American Lending LLC
License:
MLO-4493
Company-201546