Sunrise Economix
14 2026 March
Fear and Inflation Concerns Pushing Rates Higher
As we discussed last week, the Iran conflict is causing interest rate and bond markets to ignore most of the economic reporting. Rates have jumped...
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07 2026 March
Rates Ignore Data…It’s All About Oil
Middle East Conflict Jolts Markets Wow. What a difference a couple days make! On Friday, we were looking at the lowest interest rates since 2022....
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28 2026 February
Rates Hit Fresh Lows
10-Year Treasury Falls Below 4% On Friday, the 10-year US Treasury significantly broke below 4.0% for the first time since October of 2025. At that...
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21 2026 February
Geopolitical Events Influence Rates
Global Events Drive Rate Volatility This week was jammed with world events that influenced mortgage rates. Rates pushed to the highest level in the last...
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07 2026 February
Poor Employment Reports Help Rates
BLS Jobs Week Delayed This week was supposed to be the big Jobs Report week from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Due to the...
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31 2026 January
The Fed Has a New Head
Fed Leadership Change Calms Markets The big announcement this week was the nomination of Kevin Warsh to be the new Federal Reserve (Fed) Board Chairman....
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24 2026 January
Geopolitical Events Influence Rates
Global Events Drive Rate Volatility This week was jammed with world events that influenced mortgage rates. Rates pushed to the highest level in the last...
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17 2026 January
Rates Rising Slightly Off Lows
Political Pressure Adds Rate Uncertainty This week saw rates end slightly higher than an important technical level. If they stay over that level next week,...
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10 2026 January
Quantitative Easing is Back!
QE Announcement Boosts Mortgage Rates Late Thursday, we received breaking news from the Trump announcing that the GSE’s, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, would start...
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