Uncertainty Extended Indefinitely

Heading into last night’s ceasefire expiration, there was a sense that the market would at least have something to provide a directional cue to break the recent range-bound monotony. Instead, not only was the ceasefire extended, but the new deadline is explicitly TBD. This makes the expiration of range-bound monotony similarly uncertain. Today’s almost perfectly flat trading session submits itself as evidence. All this having been said, the absence of a deadline doesn’t mean things can’t change precipitously.

Econ Data / Events

ADP Employment Change Weekly

54.75K vs — f’cast, 39K prev

Retail Sales (Mar)

1.7% vs 1.4% f’cast, 0.6% prev

Retail Sales Control Group MoM (Mar)

0.7% vs 0.2% f’cast, 0.5% prev

Pending Home Sales (Mar)

1.5% vs 0.1% f’cast, 1.8% prev

Market Movement Recap

09:27 AM MBS up 3 ticks (.09) and 10yr down 1.9 bps at 4.276

12:23 PM MBS now unchanged and 10yr also unchanged at 4.297

03:19 PM MBS up 2 ticks (.06) and 10yr down 0.3bps at 4.292