Today's mortgage rate movement is very straightforward.  Unfortunately, it's also marked by a straight line toward higher ...

CPI Came in HOT and Bonds Reacted Logically There's remarkably little else to observe beyond this morning's initial ...

Hah! Just kidding… But did you think, “Oh no!” or “Yippee!” when you saw that subject line? The ups and downs of the Consumer ...

Any recap of financial news headlines will likely mention Fed Chair Powell's congressional testimony today.  Some efforts ...

We know that bonds take a majority of their economic data cues from two reports: NFP and CPI. We knew that today's CPI was ...

Mortgage rates have been on a vacation from volatility since January 16th when they fell back toward 7% after hitting the ...

The San Diego Padres visited an orphanage in Mexico. ‘It's really sad to see their faces with no hope,’ said Juan, age 9.” In ...

What to Expect From Wednesday's Inflation Data Bonds lost ground overnight in sympathy with European bonds. The domestic ...

Friday brought the release of the big jobs report which is historically more likely than any other monthly economic report to ...

As always, the jobs report matters. Today, we're seeing an obvious reaction to a fairly minimal miss (143k vs 170k f'cast in ...

Minimal Selling Leaves Focus on CPI The first order of business this morning was to reconcile the weaker NFP reading with the ...

There are two main styles of measurement when it comes to keeping track of mortgage rates: daily and weekly.  Sometimes, the ...