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2016
Fed Changes Guidance Wednesday's Fed meeting resulted in positive news for mortgage rates. Mixed economic data released over the past week was roughly neutral. Mortgage rates ended the week lower. As expected, the Fed did not change the federal funds rate. However, the statement contained guidan...
03/19/2016
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The big event over the past week was Thursday's European Central Bank meeting. The stimulus measures announced by the ECB made investors more willing to own riskier assets such as stocks, which was negative for safer assets such as bonds. The small amount of U.S. economic data released over the ...
03/11/2016
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Strong Job Gains A wide range of major U.S. economic data was released over the past week covering the labor market, manufacturing, services, and housing. Overall, the data suggested that U.S. economic growth and inflation were a little stronger than expected. As a result, mortgage rates ended th...
03/04/2016
