Strong Consumer Spending Offsets Inflation Driving Mortgage Rates Down
The past week saw strong consumer spending. This data offset weak inflation figures. As a result of the reporting, mortgage rates ended slightly lower.
Mortgage Rates Unbelievably Fluctuate Right After Fed Meeting
This week, mortgage rates fluctuate unbelievably in the wake of Wednesday's Fed meeting. This fluctuation included their largest movement in sometime.
Inflation Spiked This Week Leading to New Mortgage Rate Reckoning
Inflation spiked this week leading to a new mortgage rate reckoning. As a result, mortgage rates ended higher.
Impressive Market Growth Despite the Decline in Mortgage Rates
This past week, the United States realized impressive market growth despite the decline in mortgage rates.
Mortgage Rates Soar in February Amidst Stunning Growth
Recent news reflects stunning growth that made mortgage rates soar in February 2021. Across the country, there continue to be positive signs related to the economy as several states drive reopening efforts.
How the Service Sector Growth Fuels the Expanding Economy
This week’s story focused on how the service sector growth fuels the expanding economy, though mortgage weeks declined slightly.
Impressive Employment Gains & Manufacturing Sector
In this past week’s labor market reporting, the economy realized impressive employment gains and manufacturing sector strength. As a result, both exceeded expectations. In spite of this positivity, mortgage rates ended the week with little change. Impressive Employment Gains Analysts finally learned the latest on Employment in the report released Friday, April 2nd, 2021. To the surprise of many, the data displayed impressive employment gains. Overall, the United States economy gained 916,000 jobs. This result is far above the consensus forecast of 625,000. In addition, the prior month showed revised results to the addition of 156,000 jobs. In particular, the hospitality and construction sectors exhibited strength. This is fantastic news given that both the hospitality and construction industries suffered at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. Impressive Employment Gains Lead to Unemployment Rate Decline Because of the impressive employment gains, the unemployment rate saw a decline. Thus, the unemployment rate dropped from 6.2% to 6.0%. This result matched expectations. On the other hand, the economy expressed a decline in average hourly earnings. Generally, economists consider average hourly earnings to be an indicator of wage growth. The average hourly earnings fell slightly from February, below the consensus for a modest increase. [...]
Home Sales Stumble
After the previous bounce back, this past week saw home sales stumble. Meanwhile, mortgage rates also ended the week a little lower.
Tame Inflation Data After Volatile Week
Though it was a volatile week for mortgage markets, last week was also characterized by tame inflation data.
Mortgage Rate Growth & Economic Recovery
While the economy is on the path towards recovery, 2021 showed its first signs of mortgage rate growth. Meanwhile, COVID-19 aid is on the way in tandem with a continual vaccine rollout.