02/17/2025
๐ก ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ญ๐ณ, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ
๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ'๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ด๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ: ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐น๐ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐
Rates last week were volatile day-to-day, moving higher midweek when consumer inflation data came out showing inflation for January was higher than expected. By week's end, however, rates had recovered and after weak retail sales data on Friday ended the week slightly better.
๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ'๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ด๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐: ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐
This week is light on economic data, as well as a short week with markets closed for Presidents Day, which makes it likely that rates will not move much. There may be some day-to-day movement, but unless there is a surprise event, rates will likely end the week relatively unchanged.
๐ ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐'๐ ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ:
- Presidents Day: Markets will be closed on Monday, and rates won't change.
- Tariffs: Although many proposed tariffs have been postponed, continued concerns from traders could play at least a small role in mortgage rates for the week.
- The Fed: Markets are still contemplating the potential for Fed rate cuts later this year, and the minutes from the last Fed meeting will be released this week. However, Fed rate cut expectations will only play a small role in mortgage rates this week.