January 2023 Mortgage Rates See Merit of the Fed Strategy
After 2022 demonstrated recent record highs, the new year kicked off with lower January 2023 mortgage rates.
After 2022 demonstrated recent record highs, the new year kicked off with lower January 2023 mortgage rates.
CPI report has investor’s focus during a light week in economic news. The held no surprises with lower mortgage rates ending the week.
Due to Bank of Japan policy change, investors raised their outlook for monetary policy tightening by global central banks. As a result, mortgage rates ended the week higher.
While the December 2022 Fed meeting stole the show this week, a wide range of reporting proved favorable for mortgage rates.
After a long year of rising inflationary pressures, November 2022 markets now highlight change of pace heading into 2023.
This week, October 2022 home sales fell, marking the ninth straight month of declines, as mortgage rates remained unchanged.
Looking back at October 2022 MBS trends, inflation once again dominated headlines as the Federal Reserve and ECB continue to raise rates.
As the inflation data from October came out, the November 2022 CPI report surprisingly fell below its consensus forecast.
As mortgage rates reached their highest rates in over twenty years, September existing home sales fell for the eighth straight month.
In the release of the most anticipated weekly economic data, August 2022 CPI showed an 8.2% annual inflation jump.