Inconsequential Data and Modest Movement

Inconsequential Data and Modest Movement

If there's one resounding theme in the bond market this week, it's that trading momentum marched to its own beat with almost zero regard for the available economic data. While this was a notable disconnect on Wednesday (little reaction to ADP/ISM), it's fairly easy to reconcile on a day like today where the PCE data is super stale (delayed release from September) and the only other report, Consumer Sentiment, rarely has an impact. In general, the past 5 days have marked a casual return to the prevailing range, thus setting the stage for a bigger break after the bigger events on the horizon (Fed day next week and jobs report the week after).

Market Movement Recap
09:29 AM

Modestly weaker overnight but recovering a bit.  MBS down 1 tick (.03) and 10yr up 1.2bps at 4.11

10:59 AM

10yr yields are up 3bps at 4.128. MBS are down only 3 ticks (.09) on the day.

12:20 PM

MBS down an eighth and 10yr up 3.1bps at 4.129

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Bond Momentum Continues Ignoring Data

MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 5.0 99.52 -0.11 10YR 4.133% +0.035% 12/5/2025 12:26PM EST
Mini snowball selling in bonds now has 10yr yields up 4bps at 4.138 and MBS down 5 ticks (.16) on the day. Lenders who priced near 9:30am are seeing 6 ticks (.19) of weakness and are thus more likely to be considering negative reprices.    READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed 6.24% +0.01% 15YR Fixed 5.76% +0.01% 12/4/2025
Today's mortgage rates a just a hair higher than yesterday's and although yesterday's rates were reasonably close to last Friday's, they were still definitely higher. That last assertion is at odds with some of the mortgage rate media coverage you may encounter today, but there's a logical reason. Freddie Mac releases its weekly mortgage rate survey every Thursday. It consists of an average of the rates from each of the previous 5 business days (Thursday through Wednesday...   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Friday, Dec 05
10:00AM Sep Core PCE Inflation (y/y) (%) Sep 2.8% 2.9% 2.9%
10:00AM Sep Personal Income (%) Sep 0.4% 0.3% 0.4%
10:00AM Sep Inflation-Adjusted Spending (Consumption) (%) Sep 0.3% 0.3% 0.6%
10:00AM Sep Core PCE (m/m) (%) Sep 0.2% 0.2% 0.2%
10:00AM Dec U Mich conditions Dec 50.7 51.3 51.1
10:00AM Dec Sentiment: 1y Inflation (%) Dec 4.1% 4.5%
10:00AM Dec Sentiment: 5y Inflation (%) Dec 3.2% 3.4%
10:00AM Dec Consumer Sentiment (ip) Dec 53.3 52 51.0
3:00PM Oct Consumer credit (bl) Oct $10.5B $13.09B
Monday, Dec 08
11:00AM Nov Consumer Inflation Expectations Nov 3.2%
1:00PM 3-Yr Note Auction (bl) 58
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This week marked the return of delayed economic data from the government shutdown. Specifically, we received the important jobs report that was set to come out in early October. While this is September's data, and thus a bit stale, it was nonetheless responsible for the biggest volume spike in the bond market since the last Fed meeting. Such is the power of the jobs report relative to other econom... READ MORE