Mortgage rates are driven by day to day changes in the bond market.  Bonds are focused on the Fed and the economic data that shapes Fed decisions.  Today's data isn't necessarily big on the Fed's radar, but the market reacted due to its implications on other data. Specifically, the S&...

Mortgage rates began the new week at almost exactly the same levels seen at the end of last week.  There were no major events or economic reports to cause volatility in the underlying bond market, but bonds were able to improve modestly by the end of the day. In general, bond market improvemen...

The Fed expected to be able to cut rates 3 times in 2024 as recently as March. Financial markets agreed. But the data that's come out since then has everyone singing a different tune.  This week's data was more of an afterthought compared to last week's. The chart above pertains to Fed rate ...

Mortgage rates are driven by day to day changes in the bond market.  Bonds are focused on the Fed and the economic data that shapes Fed decisions.  Today's data isn't necessarily big on the Fed's radar, but the market reacted due to its implications on other data. Specifically, the S&...

Existing home sales posted strong gains in February while sales of new homes slipped slightly. In March each category switched directions. The U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development said newly constructed homes sold at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 693,000 comp...

Is it any surprise to see a strong reaction to economic data when the phrase "data dependent" has come to unequivocally rule all other approaches to understanding the interest rate outlook?  Yes, actually, it can sometimes still be a surprise because data dependency depends on the data being de...

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