Hints of Slowing Growth
The economic data released over the past week suggested that economic growth may be slowing a bit. While job gains remained solid, the other
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Market Perspective
Jun 262 min read
Home Sales Fall
With little major economic news, it was a relatively quiet week for mortgage markets. The most significant data came from the housing sector
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Jun 202 min read
Weak Retail Sales
The major economic data released over the past week fell short of forecasts. Notably, consumer spending is slowing, and inflation is easing.
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Jun 122 min read
Mixed Economic Data
Overview: The major labor market data released over the past week exceeded expectations. However, this was more than offset by the latest...
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Jun 52 min read
Economy Slowing?
Over the past week, weaker than expected labor market data caused investors to reduce their outlook for economic growth, while the latest in
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May 292 min read
Stubborn Inflation
Overview: While it was a light week for economic reports, the latest data reinforced the notion that further progress on bringing down...
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May 222 min read
Home Sales Slip
With little significant economic news, mortgage markets were quiet over the past week. The focus remains on the future path of inflation ...
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May 152 min read
Inflation Below Expectations
Over the past week, the major economic data was weaker than expected. Inflation and consumer spending fell short of the forecasts of leading
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May 82 min read
Labor Market Eases
Over the past week, the major economic data was weaker than expected. In particular, the tight labor market finally showed some signs of eas
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May 12 min read
Fed Holds Steady
The biggest economic news over the past week, Wednesday’s Federal Reserve meeting, revealed no major surprises. The most significant reports
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Apr 242 min read
Home Sales Mixed
With little major economic news, it was a quiet week for mortgage markets. The most significant reports came from the housing sector and had
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Apr 172 min read
Consumer Spending Jumps
Yet another stronger than expected economic report took its toll on mortgage markets over the past week. Similar to the latest inflation...
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Apr 102 min read
Strong Data
Stronger than expected economic data was highly negative for mortgage markets over the past week. Two of the most important monthly reports,
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Apr 32 min read
Inflation Eases
Over the past week, investors raised their expectations for economic growth. Even though the latest inflation data was right on target, this
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Mar 272 min read
Home Sales Climb
Since the Federal Reserve meeting on March 20, there has been little major economic news, with the most significant data coming from...
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Mar 202 min read
Housing Inventory Outlook Improves
The biggest economic event over the past week, Wednesday’s Federal Reserve meeting, revealed no major surprises and caused little reaction.
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Mar 132 min read
Mixed Economic Data
Two of the biggest economic reports of the month were released over the past week. The labor market data was weaker than expected overall...
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Mar 62 min read
Inflation Falls
The economic news over the past week was modestly favorable for mortgage markets. Inflation continued dropping, the major economic growth...
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Feb 282 min read
Home Builder Sentiment Jumps
Market-moving events were scarce over the past week, with the most significant economic data coming from the housing sector. Its impact was
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Feb 212 min read
Fed Points to Solid Progress With Inflation, but No Rush to Cut Rates
Over the past week, consumer spending dropped by an unexpectedly large amount.
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