Bonds Hold Steady After Modest Data-Driven Rally Today's (and to be fair, this week's) only major econ data--ISM ...

Yesterday saw the average 30yr fixed rate fall back in line with levels from early October, 2024. This happened for two ...

An economist’s left leg is on fire, and his right leg is frozen. He says, ‘On average I'm perfectly fine.’” For those out ...

The ISM Services Index is/was easily this week's biggest ticket in terms of scheduled economic data. It was mostly OK for ...

Mortgage rates are driven by movement in the bond market and bonds take cues from economic data, among other things. The ...

Calmly Closing at Best Levels Since April As far as post-NFP Mondays go, this was a calm one.  Bonds never strayed too far ...

Every month, we offer the same old warning/reminder ahead of the big jobs report--something to the effect of "no other ...

The new week is less interesting than the previous week in terms of scheduled events with the only top tier data being ...

The National Association of Realtors’ Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI)—which tracks contract signings on existing homes—has ...

Both the FHFA and Case‑Shiller released the latest update on home price appreciation this week. Actually, in the current case ...

Wednesday brought another incremental increase in the level and importance of the calendar events with the power to create ...

Month-End Volatility Erodes Modest Gains Bonds were slightly stronger in the overnight session and this morning's economic ...