Our focus this week has been on the notion of consolidation after last week's strong gains and ahead of this week's CPI (the all-important Consumer Price Index due out at 8:30am ET on Thursday, Jan 11). As we discussed yesterday, consolidation patterns can have ups and downs. Wednesday provided a perfect example of the consolidation moving back in a friendly direction without coming close to breaking the holding pattern marking the boundaries of the range (roughly 3.5 and 3.63 in terms of 10yr yields).
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- no significant econ data
Modestly stronger overnight and trading in a narrow range so far. MBS up a quarter point and 10yr yield down 3.7bps at 3.576
Solid 10yr auction result after noticeably flat morning. Still sideways overall. 10yr down 4.4bps at 3.569. MBS up 6 ticks (.19).
Additional gains around 2pm as comments from Fed's Collins made the rounds (favors 25bp hike). 10yr down 5.6 on the day to 3.559. MBS up 10 ticks (.31).