Tariffs and trade policy have been a new and important consideration for the bond market for just over a month now. That ...

April 11th after weekend trade talks between the US and China resulted in significant reductions in tariffs for a period of ...

There's nothing like a Fed announcement day to get almost every media outlet to run headlines that attempt to tie the day's ...

Recent Although swings in net exports have affected the data, recent indicators suggest that economic activity has continued ...

But Volatility Risks Remain Bonds started weaker, flipped stronger mid-day, and then slowly moved back to unchanged levels by ...

Just as Underwhelming as Expected No sense in trying to manufacture excitement out of something boring. Even before Fed ...

Mortgage rates were unchanged for the average lender this morning, thanks to a modest improvement in the bond market ...

Most good loan originators are keenly aware of demographics in their area. Aren’t you tired of talking about a lack of ...

Bonds mostly lost ground in the overnight session, and then lost just a bit more ground after the 8:30am econ data.  This ...

Wednesday begins with bonds battling back from modest overnight weakness (now moving into modestly stronger territory), but ...

Whether it's today vs yesterday, or today vs the end of last week, the average top tier 30yr fixed mortgage rate is just a hair lower. Today's improvement was arguably a byproduct of trade related ...

Surprisingly Big Sell Off Relative to The Inspiration Bonds ended up selling off somewhat sharply today with the bulk of the ...