Current position: Carefully Floating
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Stocks are flat and Mortgage Bonds are trading lower to start the day.
Evercore Trucking Survey
Evercore's ISI Trucking Survey is an accurate recession indicator when the index drops below 48. The most recent reading of 36 shows that we are deeply in recession territory.
Manheim Used Car Index
Manheim's Wholesale Used-Vehicle Index continued to decline in May, showing a 2.7% decrease from April and down 7.6% year over year. Used Cars were a major contributor to inflation in the last CPI report, where they were up 4.4%. This report from Manheim is a positive signal that inflation is moderating in this category.
Mortgage Apps
The MBA released their Mortgage Application data for last week, showing that purchases fell by 2% last week and are down 27% year over year.
Interest rates decreased from 6.91% to 6.81%, with rates now about 1.75% higher than this time last year. Refinances decreased by 1% last week and are now down 42% year over year.
Technical Analysis
Mortgage Bonds are lower to start to day and are battling an important Fibonacci level at 99.845.
The 10-year is continuing to trade in a wide range with a ceiling at 3.77% and support at 3.644%. Start the day Floating.
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