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That Escalated Quickly, But MBS Recovered Fairly Nicely After weeks and weeks (6, to be specific) of extraordinarily calm and narrow trading ranges in ultra-low-yield territory, the bond market has suddenly decided it's time to jump back up toward higher yields. The move is fairly large, abrupt, and serious. It was made all the more serious by the most terribly botched NFP forecast in history. So are the good times over? Econ Data / Events 11:30-11:50 AM (ET) – Fed 30yr UMBS Buying Nonfarm Payrolls: +2.509m vs -8.000m forecast (biggest beat ever, by a wide margin) Unemployment Rate: 13.3% vs 19.8% forecast, 14.7% previously Market Movement Recap 08:16 AM More pain overnight as the broad recovery mentality barrels ahead at full throttle. Stocks surged. Bonds utterly capitaluated (there was…(read more)

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