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MBS Day Ahead: Ducking, Covering, and Waiting For Sell-Off To Run Its Course

Posted To: MBS Commentary

In the day just passed, bonds slipped into a bit of a capitulation sell-off following slightly stronger CPI data and a much weaker 30yr bond auction. In and of themselves, these events might not have justified the amount of selling seen, but timing played an important role. Bonds were ready to make bigger moves by the end of this week after having consolidated heading into last week's jobs report. It already looked like they were breaking out after the stronger jobs data, but yields managed to hold just under the key ceiling of 2.07% after the first day of Powell testimony this week. Could it be that we were seeing another head fake--this time toward weaker levels--only to bounce back into the safety of the range? No... the post-NFP selling has been real, and yesterday did more than any...(read more)