CPI Lived Up To Market Moving Potential And Then Some For every 14 or 15 times we approach a potential big-ticket market ...

We knew that today's Consumer Price Index (CPI) was a hotly anticipated economic report that at least had the potential to ...

There hasn't been meaningful change in economic data that measures activity in the housing and mortgage markets. In a ...

On December 18th, one of the most striking takeaways from Fed Chair Powell's press conference was the shift in the Fed's ...

Sizeable, Straightforward Selling Spree Today's jobs report was much stronger than expected and there were no compelling counterpoints to give traders any second thoughts.  As such, traders proceeded ...

Mortgage rates officially hit the highest levels since May 2024 yesterday, even though the average was almost imperceptibly ...

The older I get, the earlier it gets late.” It was early to bed last night for me, early to rise, since today we are heading ...

Broad, Negative Momentum is Masking Normal Market Movers Tuesday featured a much weaker PPI report that failed to inspire any ...

After last Friday's jobs report, the evaporation of Fed rate cut probability has been a common refrain.  While it's true that ...

The Producer Price Index (PPI) may not be nearly as much of a market mover as the Consumer Price Index (CPI), but it has proven capable of producing logical reactions in the past when it's come in ...

Bonds Calmed Down After Early Weakness This week's relevant economic data is concentrated over the Tue-Thu time frame with ...

An economics professor was walking with a student when the student looked down and said, ‘Look! A $50 bill!’ The professor ...