Sunrise Economix
01 2025 February
Rates Improved but for Unexpected Reasons
Mortgage rates fell slightly below 7% on weekly averages after a surprise report out of China. China announced DeepSeek, a competitor for OpenAI’s model ChatGPT,...
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25 2025 January
Where is Inflation, Really?
This week began with the Presidential Inauguration and the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday both falling on Monday. Despite the almost constant headlines of Executive...
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18 2025 January
Inflation Saves Interest Rates
After last week’s strong Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Jobs report caused rates to jump, we had a rocky start to the week. The Producer...
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04 2025 January
Welcome to 2025
This was another holiday-shortened week that saw only small movement in the bond and interest rate markets: Chicago Purchasing Managers Index: Bad News for Manufacturing...
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21 2024 December
Federal Reserve Being a Grinch
Welcome to another edition of Sunrise Economix, where I’m sharing the freshest updates from the housing market, peppered with exclusive insights and valuable information tailored just...
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21 2024 December
End of the Year 2024
This week we saw mortgage rates pushing to the highs of the year that were seen in July. Freddie Mac’s average interest rate was 6.85%. ...
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14 2024 December
Inflation was Heartbreak Hotel for Bonds
This has been a tough week for bond and interest rate markets: CPI measures the changes in the price of consumer goods and services...
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07 2024 December
Jobs Week
As is the routine in the world of the mortgage and bond markets, the beginning of each month gives us a new set of employment...
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30 2024 November
I am thankful for tame inflation data
In this holiday shortened week, we saw several important events occur that influence the bond markets and interest rates. Early in the week, President-elect Trump made...
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