Fixed income

Short-term rates may fall but the Fed's quantitative tightening, which tends to pressure financing costs for most mortgages, persists. Here the net impact.

The Federal Reserve will need to start hitting the brakes on the unwind of its balance sheet as the outlook for the central bank's reserves grows increasingly murky, according to Wrightson ICAP.  

The rally in Treasuries ahead of the Federal Reserve's first interest-rate cut may only just be getting started, according to Bank of America Corp. research.

Treasuries resumed their rally on Tuesday as further labor-market slowdown reinforced speculation the Federal Reserve will be able to cut interest rates next year to prevent a recession.

The company will appeal the New York Stock Exchange's determination that it hasn't demonstrated compliance with NYSE rules within an 18-month period.

Whether the rally extends into December and then 2024 depends on if the principal forces behind it — signs that the economy and inflation are slowing and that the Federal Reserve is done hiking interest rates — keep building.

By the end of 2024 traders now see the U.S. central bank slashing rates by a full percentage point, despite officials repeatedly warning markets that they're in no rush to cut rates.

The acquisition of the mortgage servicer has costs, but it'll give the company offsetting efficiencies of scale, executives said in an earnings call Tuesday.

The company took another net loss but some of its numbers improved as it slashed expenses and prospects improved for distressed loan services.

News of President Chris Marshall's planned departure at year-end 2024 came amid reports of net servicing gains and the start of a capital raise for an MSR fund.

The recent jump is the biggest increase since the run up in the early 1980s, when Paul Volcker's efforts to slay inflation pushed the 10-year yield to nearly 16%.

The 10-year Treasury yield crossed 5% for the first time in 16 years, propelled by expectations the Federal Reserve will maintain elevated interest rates and that the government will further boost bond sales to cover widening deficits.

While the company's long-term issuer default rating has slipped a little, affiliates of Blackstone that have a higher one back the reverse mortgage player.

US 30-year yields dropped seven basis points to 4.79%, unwinding part of Thursday's surge that was driven by a somewhat disappointing inflation reading and a weak bond auction.

The current Treasury yield curve is leading homeowners to pay mortgage rates at least 120 basis points more than they should, equal to an extra $245 a month on a $300,000 loan, their letter said.

Top Fed officials are coalescing around the idea that tighter financial conditions after a recent surge in U.S. Treasury yields may substitute for additional increases in their benchmark interest rate.

But at the same time, the publicly traded company is selling off another type of housing finance asset to some large depository institutions.

"There is nothing that is saying we need to do anything imminent anytime soon," the Federal Reserve governor said in an interview on CNBC Tuesday.

New mortgage bonds now offer yields that are about 1.66 percentage point higher than U.S. Treasuries, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. That's the most relative to corporate bonds in 17 years. 

Stock futures fluctuated on Wednesday as the latest data showed the U.S. economy expanded at a slower rate than previously thought in the second quarter, fueling speculation the Federal Reserve is nearing the end of its rate-hike cycle.