Fed Will Use All Tools to Support Economy
Overview: The coronavirus continued to be the focus of investors over the past week. While the stock market rallied, daily volatility in...
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Apr 22, 20201 min read
Housing Market Slows
Overview: The coronavirus continues to be the focus of investors. On Tuesday, the Senate agreed on a bill to provide another $484 billion...
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Apr 15, 20202 min read
Fed Expands Aid Programs as Economic Turmoil from Coronavirus Continues
Overview: The novel coronavirus continued to be the focus of investors over the past week. Federal Reserve (Fed) bond purchases have...
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Apr 8, 20201 min read
Dow Jones Rallies, Job Losses Soar
Overview: Over the past week, the coronavirus continued to be the primary focus of investors. The stock market posted some welcome gains,...
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Apr 1, 20202 min read
Market Volatility Declines
Overview: The coronavirus continued to be the source of nearly all market movement this week. The most notable difference was that daily...
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Mar 25, 20202 min read
Economic Relief Measures Underway
Overview: The coronavirus and efforts to offset its negative economic effects continued to dominate the attention of investors this week....
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Mar 18, 20202 min read
High Economic Volatility but Little Change to Rates
Overview: The coronavirus continued to be the source of nearly all market movement this week. Daily volatility remained extremely high,...
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Mar 11, 20201 min read
Market Volatility Remains Elevated
Overview: Over the past week, the coronavirus again was the source of nearly all market movement. Daily volatility remained extremely...
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Mar 4, 20202 min read
Coronavirus Continues to Impact Economy
Overview: Investors once again were almost entirely focused on the coronavirus over the past week. Increased concerns about its spread...
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Feb 26, 20202 min read
Home Sales Surge as Mortgage Rates Tumble
Overview: Increased concerns about the spread of the coronavirus caused investors to shift to safer assets over the past week, and...
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Feb 19, 20201 min read
Strong Housing Starts, Consumer Spending
Overview: Over the past week, stronger than expected economic data caused just a minor reaction, and mortgage rates ended the week nearly...
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Feb 12, 20202 min read
Labor Market Outperforms
Overview: Over the past week, there was little change in the outlook for the economic impact of the coronavirus, and stronger than...
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Feb 5, 20202 min read
Manufacturing Rebounds
Overview: Shifting expectations for the impact of the coronavirus and a few important economic reports caused some brief bursts of...
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Jan 29, 20202 min read
Fed and ECB Hold Rates Steady
Overview: Over the past week, investors were focused primarily on the coronavirus and central bank meetings. There were no surprises on...
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Jan 22, 20202 min read
Home Sales Rise; Inventory Hits Record Low
Overview: The past week was very quiet for mortgage rates, and they ended with little change. The economic data was modestly stronger...
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Jan 15, 20201 min read
Inflation Steady, Jobs and Wage Growth Disappoint
Overview: The past week was pretty quiet for mortgage rates, and they ended with little change. The release last Friday of the important...
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Jan 8, 20201 min read
Mixed Economic Data, Tensions With Iran
Overview: Mortgage rates have held relatively steady so far in 2020, a result of two offsetting influences: increased tensions with Iran,...
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Dec 18, 20192 min read
Mixed Retail Sales Data; Construction Sector Strengthens
Overview: Over the past week, a limited trade deal with China was negative for mortgage rates, while the economic data caused little...
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Dec 11, 20192 min read
Strong Employment Numbers, Slight Rise in Inflation
Overview: Over the past week, Friday’s stronger than expected labor market data was the main influence on mortgage rates. Wednesday’s...
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Dec 4, 20192 min read
Services and Manufacturing Weaken
Overview: While the trade headlines and economic data caused some daily volatility, there was little change in the investor outlook in...
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