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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03 2026 January
Happy New Year!
This week was shortened due to the New Years holiday, but we still have some important economic news. We received the Pending Home Sales report,...
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27 2025 December
GDP Soars High Like Santa
Since it is Christmas time and New Year’s Eve is right around the corner, our team at Sunrise Economix wants to give you a quick...
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20 2025 December
Gimme Shelter
Jobs Report Shows Labor Market Softening This week saw two big reports. The first was the much-anticipated and long-awaited Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Jobs...
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13 2025 December
Federal Reserve Cuts, but Dissension in the Ranks
Fed Delivers Expected Rate Cut At the conclusion of their meeting on Wednesday, the Federal Reserve (Fed) cut the Federal Funds Rate target by another...
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06 2025 December
December Fed Rate Cut Likely
Fed Policy Outlook, Rate Cut Likely My, how two weeks can change expectations! Two weeks ago, the Federal Reserve (Fed) indicated that a rate cut...
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