Solid Data-Driven Gains

Solid Data-Driven Gains

Thursday was a fairly straightforward session for bonds. Yields fell modestly overnight in response to slightly lower oil prices and then more forcefully after the cooler-than-expected PPI data. Mid-day fuel price volatility caused a slight pull-back, but not enough to undo a reasonably robust rally by the close. If there's a "yeah but," it's that yields remain broadly sideways near long-term highs and were unable to challenge last week's lows.

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Solid Data-Driven Gains

MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 5.5
99.64
+0.36 
10YR TREASURY
4.642
-0.055 
8/13/2026 3:15PM EST
MBS are still up more than a quarter point on the day (+ 9 ticks or .28), but down 6 ticks (.19) from the highs. Whether or not that creates reprice risk will depend on the lender in question.  The earliest lenders priced at fairly similar levels to where we are right now. Lenders who priced after 10:15am ET are at higher risk as that's when MBS hit the AM highs. The bounce was a factor of higher oil prices which followed news of a new aircraft carrier being deployed ...   READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed
6.69%
-0.05% 
15YR Fixed
6.26%
-0.01% 
8/13/2026
Mortgage rates dropped noticeably on Thursday on a combination of lower oil prices and a lower inflation reading via the Producer Price Index (PPI). Rates are driven by bonds and bonds are highly responsive to the outlook for inflation and the economy. The Iran war caused inflation implications to spike and the periodic relief in fuel prices has coincided with bond market improvement (and lower rates). The official inflation data is just another form of the same benefit. F...   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Thursday, Aug 13
8:15AM Fed Hammack Speech
8:30AM Jul Core PPI y/y (%) Jul 4.2% 4.2% 4.7%
8:30AM Aug/08 Jobless Claims (k) Aug/08 209K 202K 199K
8:30AM Aug/01 Continued Claims (k) Aug/01 1777K 1800K 1801K
8:30AM Jul PPI m/m (%) Jul 0% 0.2% -0.3%
8:30AM Jul Core PPI m/m (%) Jul 0.2% 0.3% 0.2%
8:30AM Jul PPI y/y Jul 4.7% 4.9% 5.5%
8:40AM Fed Barkin Speech
1:00PM 30-Year Bond Auction 5.216% 5.058%
1:00PM 30-Yr Bond Auction (bl) 25
Friday, Aug 14
8:30AM Jul Retail Sales Control Group MoM Jul 0.3% 0.5%
8:30AM Jul Retail Sales (%) Jul 0.1% 0.2%
9:00AM Fed Venable Speech
10:00AM Aug Sentiment: 1y Inflation (%) Aug 4.2%
10:00AM Aug U Mich conditions Aug 55 54.8
10:00AM Aug Sentiment: 5y Inflation (%) Aug 3.3%
10:00AM Jun Business Inventories (% ) Jun 0.1% 0.3%
10:00AM Aug Consumer Sentiment (ip) Aug 54.5 55.2