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

Ugly Snowball Selling Thanks to Oil and Inflation Data

Ugly Snowball Selling Thanks to Oil and Inflation Data

MBS lost nearly a full point by 4pm ET and 10yr yields were up 11.4bps at 4.95%. This is the highest since October 2023 when 10s briefly hit 5.006%.  At one point in the overnight session, yields were slightly LOWER on the day. Things changed in waves. First wave: oil prices surged overnight and had already broken $100 but the time PPI came out. Second wave: PPI was roughly in line with forecasts, but internal components suggested a 0.1 increase to core PCE inflation. The reaction was the sharpest of the day for bonds. Third wave: late day illiquid redistribution after 30yr bond auction (although this could also be incidental drift ahead of Friday's CPI data). If we could only focus on 2 things, it would be the acceleration in the fuel price trend and the unfriendly PCE implications in today's PPI data. 

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MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 5.5
97.45
-0.99 
10YR TREASURY
4.965
+0.126 
9/10/2026 5:59PM EST
This adds emphasis to the previous alert. MBS are down another eighth of a point since then. We've already seen quite a few negative reprices, but the additional weakness makes it more likely, even for the less jumpy lenders.    READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed
7.07%
+0.10% 
15YR Fixed
6.62%
+0.08% 
9/10/2026
You may have seen other headlines today that reference 30yr fixed rates of 6.76%. Those stories would be citing Freddie Mac's weekly rate survey which is an average of the 5 business days (4 in this case, due to the holiday) ending yesterday (September 9th). Because of that methodology, the number lags reality. Today alone, the average lender moved up 0.125% in rate. In addition, Freddie no longer accounts for "points" (additional money paid upfront for a lower rate). In ot...   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Thursday, Sep 10
8:30AM Aug/29 Continued Claims (k) Aug/29 1774K 1780K 1779K
8:30AM Sep/05 Jobless Claims (k) Sep/05 206K 205K 206K
8:30AM Aug Core PPI m/m (%) Aug 0.2% 0.3% 0.2%
8:30AM Aug Core PPI y/y (%) Aug 4.6% 4.6% 4.2%
8:30AM Aug PPI y/y Aug 5.4% 5.3% 4.7%
8:30AM Aug PPI m/m (%) Aug 0.4% 0.4% 0%
9:20AM NY Fed Bill Purchases 4 to 12 months (%) $2.122 billion
10:00AM Aug Existing home sales (ml) Aug 3.98M 3.98M 4.06M
10:00AM Aug Exist. home sales % chg (%) Aug -2% -1.7%
12:00PM Sep/04 Crude Oil Inventory (ml) Sep/04 -0.391M -1.6M -4.45M
1:00PM 30-Yr Bond Auction (bl) 22
1:00PM 30-Year Bond Auction 5.308% 5.216%
Friday, Sep 11
12:00AM Roll Date - UMBS 30YR
8:30AM Aug y/y Headline CPI (%) Aug 3.4% 3.4%
8:30AM Aug m/m CORE CPI (%) Aug 0.2% 0.2%
8:30AM Aug m/m Headline CPI (%) Aug 0.4% 0.1%
8:30AM Aug y/y CORE CPI (%) Aug 2.4% 2.5%
10:00AM Sep Consumer Sentiment (ip) Sep 51 51.7
10:00AM Sep Sentiment: 1y Inflation (%) Sep 4%
10:00AM Sep Sentiment: 5y Inflation (%) Sep 3.3%
10:00AM Sep U Mich conditions Sep 51.3 51.9
12:00PM WASDE Report (%)
2:00PM Aug Federal budget (bl) Aug $-404B $-432B
Chris Munson
SVP and Managing Director US Sales and Operations
The Money House