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24 2026 July
Bonds Hit Worst Level Since July of 2025
Geopolitical Tensions Drive Rates Higher This was a quiet news week. In the absence of major economic news, markets focused on geopolitical turmoil instead. Last Thursday,...
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17 2026 July
Inflation Reports Show Improvement, but Will It Last?
Inflation Eases, But Risks Remain Mortgage rates generally improved after last week’s sharp increase. Much of the improvement is due to the Consumer Price Index...
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10 2026 July
The Fed is Making Changes
Fed Task Forces Could Move Rates The Federal Reserve (Fed) announced on July 9 the creation of five task forces to modernize the Fed and...
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03 2026 July
Happy Birthday, America! 250 Years Young
Holiday Week, Big Data Americans around the globe are celebrating the 250th anniversary of the brave men who signed their own death warrant to break...
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26 2026 June
Markets Brush Off Inflation Data
Mortgage Rates Near May Lows This has been a great week for mortgage rates. Rates declined to levels near those in early May, and the...
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19 2026 June
There’s a New Sheriff in Town
New Fed Chair Takes Over This was the week of the Federal Reserve’s (Fed’s) June meeting. There is a new chairman: Kevin Warsh. He follows Chairman...
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12 2026 June
Rates Like Tamer Inflation
Inflation Data Eases Rate Concerns Despite the on-again, off-again peace negotiations this week, we received important inflation news from the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and the Producer Price Index...
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05 2026 June
Good Jobs Report but Does the Market Believe It?
The markets continue to vacillate on the constant stream of news out of Iran. Nothing concrete has come out as of this writing. This has...
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30 2026 May
Phrase of the Week: Cautiously Optimistic
Despite some important economic news released this week, markets are only looking to the constant news releases about the Iran conflict. It was reported that...
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