Bonds Starting Weaker Despite Lower Oil and EU Bond Recovery

Bonds Starting Weaker Despite Lower Oil and EU Bond Recovery

European bond yields surged higher on Friday in response to political uncertainty in the U.K., among other things (ongoing global reaction to Fed day and U.S./Iran peace deal status, etc). Treasury yields were set to open higher in the overnight session as a result. All of the above is logical and fairly boring. What's interesting is that Treasuries haven't taken the opportunity to recover. European yields certainly have and oil prices have steadily dropped back toward Thursday's lows. Additionally, the fact that 10yr and 2yr yields are up by the same amount suggests there's not an active Fed trade going on. That doesn't leave many compelling scapegoats. The only two that jump to mind are asset allocation trading (selling bonds, buying stocks), and perhaps some concessionary selling ahead of the Treasury auction cycle. On a more speculative note, the market could also be bracing for various Fed speeches this week, but we'd expect to see 2yr TSYs doing worse than 10s in that case. 

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UMBS 5.0
97.88
-0.25 
10YR TREASURY
4.513
+0.058 
6/22/2026 1:50PM EST
European bond yields surged higher on Friday in response to political uncertainty in the U.K., among other things (ongoing global reaction to Fed day and U.S./Iran peace deal status, etc). Treasury yields were set to open higher in the overnight session as a result. All of the above is logical and fairly boring. What's interesting is that Treasuries haven't taken the opportunity to recover. European yields certainly have and oil prices have steadily dropped back toward Thursd...   READ MORE
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6.66%
+0.08% 
15YR Fixed
6.20%
+0.05% 
6/22/2026
Mortgage rates spiked yesterday after the Fed announcement. The primary driver was the Fed's revised outlook for potential rate hikes later this year. Because the Fed Funds Rate governs ultra-short-term transactions (24hrs or less), it has the biggest impact on the shortest-term debt and a diminishing impact on longer term debt. While the typical mortgage may be ABLE to last for 30 years, in practice, the average mortgage length (due to refinances and sales) is a moving ta...   READ MORE
Economic Calendar
Time Event Period Actual Forecast Prior
Monday, Jun 22
9:00AM Fed Waller Speech
Tuesday, Jun 23
8:15AM ADP Employment Change Weekly 25.5K
9:45AM Jun S&P Global Manuf. PMI Jun 54.8 55.1
9:45AM Jun S&P Global Composite PMI Jun 51.5
9:45AM Jun S&P Global Services PMI Jun 51 50.7
11:30AM 6-Week Bill Auction (%) 3.600%
1:00PM 2-Yr Note Auction (bl) 69