Investors Focused on Surging Inflation This Week
Investors focused on surging inflation this week. Recently inflation data exceeded expectations.
Investors focused on surging inflation this week. Recently inflation data exceeded expectations.
After last year's events, no one prepared for an unpredictable 2021 as experts worry about inflation, recovery, and COVID-19.
The service sector witnesses fantastic expansion while mortgage rates go down. Weekly economic news came out favorable for mortgage markets.
Key economic reports indicate that strong job gains drove a surge in consumer confidence. Bond investors displayed satisfaction.
The latest data shows that inflation continues its epic climb while home sales rapidly recover across the country. However, there was little economic news this week.
This week, the Fed surprised investors with a new projection, driving rising mortgage rates. Coming into the week, investors laser-focused on Wednesday’s Fed meeting.
After last year's partial economic shutdown, the outstanding economic rebound slows its growth while inflation explodes, leading to worry.
This past week saw an informative ECB meeting and Fed report, indicating the best mortgage rate outcome heading into summer 2021. Despite a stronger than expected inflation report, investors focused elsewhere. Overall, the European Central Bank meeting provided a favorable result. Thus, mortgage rates ended the week a little lower. Informative ECB Meeting & Federal Reserve Report Thursday saw an informative ECB meeting. During the meeting, the European Central Bank (ECB) made no policy changes. Conclusively, the lack of change reflects the best-case outcome for mortgage rates. Simultaneously, the ECB made no mention of a specific time frame for starting to scale back its bond purchase program. For analysts, the meeting statement tone felt relatively dovish. Investors widely expect that the ECB tightens monetary policy rather than to loosen it. For now, holding steady exemplifies positive news. Meanwhile, the Federal Reserve reported that household net worth at the end of the first quarter of 2021 soared 3.8% higher than at the end of 2020. Roughly $3.2 trillion of gains originated from stocks. Aside from stocks, $1.0 trillion stemmed from increased real estate values. Core CPI Improves Aside from the informative ECB meeting, the Consumer Price Index report came out. Analysts [...]
Friday’s labor report illustrated good hospitality job gains after a rough 2020. Overall, this continues to fuel hope in what’s quickly becoming a promising mortgage market.
After another exciting month, the data showed that April 2021 inflation continued its monumental climb.