The shutdown has not only placed more emphasis on the alternative data that was already in the rotation, but also fueled ...

Frequent conference goers or traveling salespeople are obviously concerned about the Trump Administration cutting 10 percent ...

As of yesterday afternoon, mortgage rates were right in line with the highest levels in more than a month. The upward momentum was largely a product of 2 specific days: the October 29th Fed ...

A common recent refrain is that the bond market (which dictates interest rates) is having to make do without many of the most important regularly-scheduled economic reports due to the government ...

Wednesday More Likely to Take Cues From Econ Data Bonds benefited from heavy stock selling late in the overnight session.

Mortgage applications jumped sharply last week, driven by lower rates and a rebound in refinance activity. According to MBA’s ...

Both the FHFA and the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller indices released new home-price data this week covering the month of August.

Light Volatility After Initial Losses The first day of the new month began with some potential excitement, albeit not the ...

Today was not a foregone conclusion and there was no way to know ahead of time that it would end like this, but the outcome ...

With the shutdown ongoing, and the big ticket econ data vanished into the void, there's little for the bond market to do ...

Another Hawkish Powell Press Conference Harshes Bonds' Mellow The Fed cut rates and ended QT.  Neither were surprises for ...

The simplest way to understand yesterday's post-Fed sell-off is as follows. The market's enthusiasm for 3 Fed rate cuts in ...