Action Packed Calendar But No Major Action in Bonds

Action Packed Calendar But No Major Action in Bonds

This morning's economic calendar was certainly the most action-packed of the present week. GDP had something for everyone. The evening news can no doubt harp on the "negative" headline while the financial market immediately understood the impact of a massive surge in imports. Numbers that exclude those accounting impacts make domestic consumption look normal and right in line with last quarter. Inflation was tame, but traders are waiting for future, tariff-affected reports. Treasury issuance was confirmed to hold flat, and the "massive" 6% increase in pending home sales is like a team who won 2 games this year vs 1 game last year saying their won 100% more.  By the end of the day, bonds were almost perfectly unchanged, even after month-end trading brought a big of volatility at 3-4pm ET.

Market Movement Recap
09:47 AM

Initially weaker following data, but bouncing back on safe-haven buying (stock selling). MBS up 1 tick (0.03) and 10yr down 1.9bps at 4.157

10:22 AM

Choppy trading, but generally resolving toward strength.  MBS unchanged and 10yr down 1.4bps at 4.163

12:58 PM

Still mostly sideways, with choppy trading dying down.  MBS unchanged and 10yr down 1.2bps at 4.165

03:43 PM

A bit stronger after 3pm month-end bond buying.  MBS up 2 ticks (.06) and 10yr down 2.6 bps at 4.15

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Action Packed Calendar But No Major Action in Bonds

MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 5.5 99.73 +0.02 10YR 4.172% -0.005% 4/30/2025 5:00PM EST
In terms of line items, Wednesday morning is the week's most active morning for economic reports. Several of them were potentially important, but the net effect has been muted so far.  In fact, MBS are perfectly unchanged despite an initial sell-off at 8:30am.  Long story short, GDP was a bit better than expected after accounting for the impact of a pre-tariff import surge, and the Q1 inflation data was also higher than expected. This sent bonds into weaker territor...   READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed 6.81% +0.00% 15YR Fixed 6.15% -0.02% 4/30/2025
Mortgage rates continue enjoying a completely different volatility regime compared to just a few weeks ago.  Back then, it wasn't a surprise to see the top tier average rate move by more than 0.10% on any given day, nor was it uncommon to see multiple changes during the same day. Fast forward to the present week and the average lender hasn't strayed from Friday's levels by more than a few hundredths of a percent. Moreover, the "straying" has been exclusively in a frie...   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Wednesday, Apr 30
7:00AM Apr/25 MBA Purchase Index Apr/25 146.6 153.4
7:00AM Apr/25 MBA Refi Index Apr/25 649.0 673.6
8:15AM Apr ADP jobs (k) Apr 62K 115K 155K
8:30AM Treasury Refunding Announcement (%)
8:30AM Q1 Employment costs (%) Q1 0.9% 0.9% 0.9%
8:30AM Q1 Core PCE Prices QoQ Final Q1 3.5% 3.3% 2.6%
8:30AM Q1 GDP (%) Q1 -0.3% 0.3% 2.4%
8:30AM Q1 GDP deflator (%) Q1 3.7% 3.1% 2.3%
8:30AM Q1 GDP Final Sales (%) Q1 -2.5% 3.3%
8:30AM 10-Year Note Auction
8:30AM Treasury Refunding Announcement (%)
9:45AM Apr Chicago PMI Apr 44.6 45.5 47.6
10:00AM Mar Core PCE Inflation (y/y) (%) Mar 2.6% 2.6% 2.8%
10:00AM Mar Core PCE (m/m) (%) Mar 0.0% 0.1% 0.4%
10:00AM Mar Inflation-Adjusted Spending (Consumption) (%) Mar 0.7% 0.5% 0.4%
10:00AM Mar Pending Home Sales (%) Mar 6.1% 1% 2%
10:30AM Apr/25 Crude Oil Inventory (ml) Apr/25 -2.696M 0.39M 0.244M
3:00PM May/02 MBA Purchase Index May/02 -1.0 146.6
Thursday, May 01
7:30AM Apr Challenger layoffs (k) Apr 275.24K
8:30AM Apr/19 Continued Claims (ml) Apr/19 1860K 1841K
8:30AM Apr/26 Jobless Claims (k) Apr/26 224K 222K
9:45AM Apr S&P Global Manuf. PMI Apr 50.7 50.2
10:00AM Apr ISM Manufacturing Employment Apr 44.7
10:00AM Apr ISM Mfg Prices Paid Apr 70.3 69.4
10:00AM Mar Construction spending (%) Mar 0.2% 0.7%
10:00AM Apr ISM Manufacturing PMI Apr 48 49
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Please note that this newsletter is fiercely apolitical. There is no judgment on whether any given political development is good or bad. We are only interested in how financial and housing markets are reacting.  Significant market volatility has been all over the news since the April 2nd tariff announcement, but this week went a long way toward restoring a sense of calm. In addition to tar... READ MORE