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

We’re more than halfway through January already, the MBA has lowered its 2025 projection to $2.1 trillion, and there is a ...

The US Census Bureau released its New Residential Construction report for December today.  The report measures building ...

While it would be technically accurate to point out a slight increase in January's homebuilder confidence (officially the ...

Mortgage rates are driven by the bond market and Friday was the least active day of the week for bonds.  There were no major ...

It always bears repeating that "predictions are for suckers" and if there were a hard and fast rule about what markets do in ...

Slightly Weaker Drift, But Broadly Uneventful Friday may as well have been a 4th weekend day for the bond market.  Volume and liquidity were obviously in holiday mode.  Trading levels were basically ...