| Last | Change | |
| S&P Futures | 2495.8 | -1.3 |
| Eurostoxx Index | 384.1 | 0.2 |
| Oil (WTI) | 51.9 | -0.4 |
| US dollar index | 86.1 | 0.3 |
| 10 Year Govt Bond Yield | 2.22% | |
| Current Coupon Fannie Mae TBA | 103.24 | |
| Current Coupon Ginnie Mae TBA | 104.21 | |
| 30 Year Fixed Rate Mortgage | 3.85 |
Stocks are lower this morning as we await a Janet Yellen speech at lunchtime. Bonds and MBS are flat.
Janet Yellen will address inflation, uncertainty, and monetary policy at the National Association of Business Economics today. Charles Evans, Lael Brainard, and Loretta Mester also speak this morning. There probably won't be any market-moving comments, but just be aware.
Charles Evans said he won't support further rate hikes until we see clearer signs of inflation. This puts him in the camp of Neel Kashkari, who also doesn't see the need to tap on the brakes. The dot plot from the last meeting showed 11 out of 16 members forecasting a rate hike in December. The Fed Funds futures are pricing in a 3/4% chance of a rate hike. This is the highest we have seen in this contract. Note the futures are predicting nothing happens in the November meeting.
Case-Shiller is out this morning, and home prices are up 5.9% YOY. The Pacific Northwest continues to outperform, with Seattle up 13.5% and Portland up 7.6%. Separately, home prices rose 0.5% MOM and are up 6.2% YOY, according to the Black Knight Financial Services Home Price Index. We are starting to see the areas around DC cool down, while New York (especially upstate) is beginning to pick up.
New Home Sales fell to 560k in August, according to the Census Bureau. This is a drop of 3.4% MOM and 1.2% YOY. Tight inventory remains the biggest problem. The median sales price of a new home was $300,200, and inventory was about 284k or 6.1 month's worth. The Street was looking for 583k.
Consumer confidence slipped in September, according to the Conference Board. The index came in at 119.8, a touch below expectations. Expectations concerning employment and income contributed to the strong showing.
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