Rates Moved Higher Today, But This Week Was a Step in The Right Direction

Rates Moved Higher Today, But This Week Was a Step in The Right Direction

Good Times Still Mostly Rolling Despite Token Correction on Friday Bonds sold off on Friday, with the easiest scapegoat being the extra strong Consumer Sentiment number (72.6 vs 65.5 f'cast). 10yr yields remained below yesterday's highs, and although MBS prices were lower than yesterday's, they'd outperformed Treasuries earlier in the week.  In short, most of the week's gains remain intact.  In fact, considering it was a summertime Friday with super strong data after 4 straight days of gains that took bonds into overbought territory in the short term, one might consider a 6bp bump to 10yr yields and a 3/8ths of a point loss in MBS to be a victo