Some Resilience After AM Weakness

Some Resilience After AM Weakness

10yr yields are set to end the week at the highest levels since last July, but those were even higher highs earlier this morning. From roughly 9am-1130am ET, bonds recovered all of the day's losses in a move that was led by adjustments to Fed rate hike expectations.  Yes, we can/should call it that now because there are no longer any rate cut expectations based on futures trading. Instead, there's indecision about holding steady vs a small chance of rate hikes. War headlines remain the dominant focus and weekends continue to offer a higher concentration of risk for financial markets.

Market Movement Recap
10:13 AM

Additional weakness overnight. MBS down 6 ticks (.19) and 10yr up 3.2bps at 4.452

11:39 AM

Bonds turning green.  MBS up 2 ticks (.06) and 10yr down almost 1bp at 4.412

03:48 PM

Drifting back into weaker territory, very gradually. MBS down 1 tick (.03) and 10yr up 2bps at 4.44

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Some Resilience After AM Weakness

MBS & Treasury Markets
UMBS 5.0 97.83 -0.01 10YR 4.434% +0.014% 3/27/2026 5:59PM EST
Markets were presented with an opportunity just before the close yesterday to put their faith in another ceasefire-style announcement, but have instead opted to stick with prevailing momentum (lower stocks, higher yields and oil prices). Part of the reason is that rather than a true ceasefire, the announcement merely delayed a major escalation from this weekend by 10 days. In addition other escalations continue to add up based on overnight reports. Bonds (and stocks and ...   READ MORE
Today's Mortgage Rates
30YR Fixed 6.64% +0.02% 15YR Fixed 6.15% +0.01% 3/27/2026
There were mixed blessings in the mortgage rate world today. The bad news is that today's rates are just a bit higher than yesterday's, resulting in another 8 month high. The good news is that things were looking quite a bit worse earlier in the morning. Mortgage lenders prefer to set rates once per day even though those rates are dictated by movement in the underlying bond market. If bonds move enough, lenders will change rates mid-day. Today was one of those days and, for...   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Friday, Mar 27
10:00AM Mar U Mich conditions Mar 55.8 56.6
10:00AM Mar Consumer Sentiment (ip) Mar 53.3 54 56.6
10:00AM Mar Sentiment: 1y Inflation (%) Mar 3.8% 3.4% 3.4%
10:00AM Mar Sentiment: 5y Inflation (%) Mar 3.2% 3.2% 3.3%
11:00AM Fed Barkin Speech
11:30AM Fed Daly Speech
11:35AM Fed Paulson Speech
Monday, Mar 30
9:20AM NY Fed Bill Purchases 4 to 12 months (%) $6.726 billion
10:30AM Fed Chair Powell Speech
4:00PM Fed Williams Speech
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The Iran war continues to dominate financial markets and mortgage rates are no exception. That's no great surprise considering rates are driven by movement in the bond market. Still, the direction of the movement may be a surprise to some. All else equal, things that cause economic pain and uncertainty tend to be good for rates because they drive investors out of riskier assets like stocks and ... READ MORE