While it was never going to be on the same level as yesterday's CPI in terms of market movement potential, Retail Sales was ...

No Data, No Volatility Bonds were only open for half the day due to the national day of mourning for Jimmy Carter.  Overnight ...

After having a great day yesterday, mortgage rates were able to add another "good" day today.  The net effect brings the ...

Do you know the interest rate on your loan? How about the age of your roof? Here in Austin, a big concern is too much growth: ...

On December 18th, one of the most striking takeaways from Fed Chair Powell's press conference was the shift in the Fed's ...

CPI Lived Up To Market Moving Potential And Then Some For every 14 or 15 times we approach a potential big-ticket market ...

We knew that today's Consumer Price Index (CPI) was a hotly anticipated economic report that at least had the potential to ...

There hasn't been meaningful change in economic data that measures activity in the housing and mortgage markets. In a ...

Sizeable, Straightforward Selling Spree Today's jobs report was much stronger than expected and there were no compelling counterpoints to give traders any second thoughts.  As such, traders proceeded ...

Broad, Negative Momentum is Masking Normal Market Movers Tuesday featured a much weaker PPI report that failed to inspire any ...

Mortgage rates officially hit the highest levels since May 2024 yesterday, even though the average was almost imperceptibly ...

The Producer Price Index (PPI) may not be nearly as much of a market mover as the Consumer Price Index (CPI), but it has proven capable of producing logical reactions in the past when it's come in ...