Traders have done a reasonably good job of making it back to the office after the 3-day weekend. Volumes are almost in line with last Tuesday (also a day without any big ticket economic data in the ...

I spent a little time in the Miami Airport and overheard two people discussing how they were waiting for a builder in Tennessee to finish their home… And hoping rates didn’t go higher. I remained mum.

With the whirlwind of Trump Administration news (Jonathan McKernan to lead the CFPB, playing hardball in Gaza, ending penny ...

Mortgage rates jumped quickly higher yesterday following the higher inflation reading in the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Now ...

The final two days of the present week weren't on many bingo cards as of Wednesday afternoon.  At the time, rates were ...

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 ...

What's Up With Today's Paradoxical Bond Rally? PPI may not be as heavy a hitter as CPI on average, but one could make a case ...

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

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 ...