Chris Munson
SVP and Managing Director US Sales and Operations
The Money House

Barely Weaker After Weekly ADP Data (Not Retail Sales)

Barely Weaker After Weekly ADP Data (Not Retail Sales)

Heading into the day, the 8:30am Retail Sales data was the obvious pick among the available economic reports to be a potential market mover. Reality had other ideas... weird ones. After months and months without any major reaction, this morning's weekly ADP employment finally made its presence felt, even if only by the smallest of margins. Retail Sales definitely garnered a higher volume reaction, but it was balanced between buyers and sellers whereas ADP actually caused a small directional move. Fortunately, it's so small that we've already talked about it too much. Bonds are essentially flat and the rest of the day now becomes about the familiar task of sitting and waiting for any interesting war-related developments. 

Market Movement Recap
08:32 AM

Modestly weaker after weekly ADP data. No reaction to Retail Sales. MBS down 2 ticks (.06) and 10yr up 1.9bps at 4.268

09:44 AM

10yr up 2.4bps at 4.275.  MBS down 5 ticks (.16).

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Heading into the day, the 8:30am Retail Sales data was the obvious pick among the available economic reports to be a potential market mover. Reality had other ideas... weird ones. After months and months without any major reaction, this morning's weekly ADP employment finally made its presence felt, even if only by the smallest of margins. Retail Sales definitely garnered a higher volume reaction, but it was balanced between buyers and sellers whereas ADP actually caused a sm...   READ MORE
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Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Tuesday, Apr 21
8:15AM ADP Employment Change Weekly 54.75K 39K
8:30AM Mar Retail Sales (%) Mar 1.7% 1.4% 0.6%
8:30AM Mar Retail Sales Control Group MoM Mar 0.7% 0.2% 0.5%
10:00AM Feb Business Inventories (% ) Feb 0.4% 0.3% -0.1%
10:00AM Mar Pending Home Sales (%) Mar 1.5% 0.1% 1.8%
10:00AM Fed Chair Nominee Kevin Warsh Confirmation Hearing
10:20AM NY Fed Bill Purchases 1 to 4 months (%) $7.587 billion
2:30PM Fed Waller Speech
Wednesday, Apr 22
7:00AM Apr/17 Mortgage Market Index Apr/17 281.0
7:00AM Apr/17 MBA Refi Index Apr/17 966.8
7:00AM Apr/17 MBA Purchase Index Apr/17 159.5
10:30AM Apr/17 Crude Oil Inventory (ml) Apr/17 -1M -0.913M
1:00PM 20-Yr Bond Auction (bl) 13
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The good news: mortgage rates ended the week at the lowest levels in more than a month. The puzzling news: rates fell only modestly on Friday even though the bond market said they could have fallen more. Mortgage lenders consider several factors when deciding where to set mortgage rates. By far and away, the bond market is the most important of those factors. But sometimes rates don't do exa... READ MORE
Chris Munson
SVP and Managing Director US Sales and Operations
The Money House