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| Wild Ride For Rates After Stunning Jobs Report | ||
| 2/3/2023 3:34 PM | ||
| Interest rates take cues from several places. Regularly scheduled economic data is always a consideration because a stronger economy implies more growth and tighter Fed policy, both of which are bad for rates. Certain reports carry significantly more weight than others. If put to a vote, the perennial top dog would be The Employment Situatio...Read More | ||
| Perfect Storm Leaves Rate Range Perfectly Intact | ||
| 2/3/2023 3:31 PM | ||
| Perfect Storm Leaves Rate Range Perfectly Intact Coming into the week, yields were near the top of a narrow range (3.4-3.56 give or take). With both ISM reports, the jobs report, and policy announcements from the Fed/ECB/BOE, it was a distinct possibility that we"d see that range broken. By...Read More | ||
| Big Double Whammy For Bonds, But With a Few Caveats | ||
| 2/3/2023 11:34 AM | ||
| While we may not have a great explanation or even the capacity to believe it, nonfarm payrolls came in at 517,000 this morning versus a median forecast of 185,000. The bond market has reacted about like you"d expect: with a large, immediate sell-off. While that number does indeed seem very high (and it is--especially relative to the for...Read More | ||
| Enterprise Sales; Staffing, Compliance, Tools; Angel Oak Security; Events and Training; Surprise Jobs Number | ||
| 2/3/2023 8:31 AM | ||
| Fun with numbers! 1: the number of Chinese surveillance balloons over Montana. (That we know of.) Did you know that the last day of 2023 is 123123? (You heard it here first!) While we’re on random numbers, Atlanta has almost 25 thousand surveillance cameras, grabbing the honors as the most heavily surveilled city in the U.S. with 50 CCTV cameras fo...Read More | ||
| Bonds Talked Into Modest Gains by Europe | ||
| 2/2/2023 2:52 PM | ||
| Bonds Talked Into Modest Gains by Europe US bond traders didn"t necessarily come into work with the intention of adding to yesterday"s rally. It was only after European bonds exploded into stronger territory that US yields grudgingly followed--very grudgingly. In fact, as soon as European tradin...Read More | ||
| Mortgage Rates Back Under 6% For First Time in Months, But Just Barely | ||
| 2/2/2023 2:52 PM | ||
| Mortgage rates responded favorably to yesterday"s press conference with Fed Chair Powell. We discussed that move in detail in yesterday"s commentary: Fed Hikes Rates. Mortgage Rates Drop. Here"s How That Works. Now today, the average lender improved just a bit more as the Fed"s European counterpart released its latest policy announcement.&nb...Read More | ||
| Europe Driving Gains While US Bonds Resist | ||
| 2/2/2023 10:21 AM | ||
| Today"s big story is the European bond market"s reaction to the European Central Bank (ECB) announcement. The hike was as-expected, but the ECB also said the next rate hike is already locked in for March at which point it will reevaluate. That reevaluation means a pivot toward smaller rate hikes followed by a pivot to no rate hikes.&nbs...Read More | ||
| Bidding, Credit Verification, DPA, Warehouse, Marketing, Disaster Alert, TPO Products | ||
| 2/2/2023 8:54 AM | ||
| Happy Groundhog Day, where the rodent saw its shadow this morning, so plan on six more weeks of winter. There’s an old Yiddish proverb “We plan, God laughs.” Lots of people plan on owning a home, and will need financing. (Today’s podcast features an interview with homeowner Riley Howard about his decision why he refinanced his primary mortgage rate...Read More | ||
| Fed Hikes Rates. Mortgage Rates Drop. Here"s How That Works | ||
| 2/1/2023 3:48 PM | ||
| For some, this will be old hat. For others, there"s a mystifying dynamic that demands explanation. The confusion stems from years of being conditioned to believe that when the Fed "hikes" or "cuts" rates that mortgage rates move accordingly. That"s actually not exactly how it works. The Fed is currently in a rate hike cycle, so w...Read More | ||
| Markets Surprisingly Surprised by Unsurprising Powell Comments | ||
| 2/1/2023 3:08 PM | ||
| Markets Surprisingly Surprised by Unsurprising Powell Comments We were pretty sure we knew what Powell would generally say in today"s press conference. He turned out to be generally predictable. After all, there are really only two things the Fed can think or say right now: A) still need to see ...Read More | ||