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Speech At Reuters NEXT Newsmaker Interview, Washington, D.C.
This is a policymaker’s perspective, not necessarily a committee decision. Their remarks may influence expectations, but do not set the mortgage rate a lender offers you.
inflation-adjusted economic output increased at an annual rate of 1.5 percent in the second quarter of 2026 (April, May, and June), according to the second estimate released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA).
Growth data helps investors assess demand and the economic outlook. Mortgage pricing also depends on inflation, bond trading and lender costs.
Personal income increased $115.1 billion (0.4 percent at a monthly rate) in July, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA).
Inflation reports can affect bond yields and mortgage pricing. The reaction depends on how the figures compare with expectations and what else is happening in markets.
Minutes of the Board's discount rate meetings on July 20 and July 29, 2026
The Fed influences short-term rates. Mortgage rates also reflect longer-term bond and mortgage-backed-security markets; they do not move one-for-one with a Fed decision.
Minutes of the the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate committee, July 28–29, 2026
The Fed influences short-term rates. Mortgage rates also reflect longer-term bond and mortgage-backed-security markets; they do not move one-for-one with a Fed decision.
Speech At the 2026 Economic Luncheon of the Anchorage Economic Development Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska
This is a policymaker’s perspective, not necessarily a committee decision. Their remarks may influence expectations, but do not set the mortgage rate a lender offers you.
Personal income increased $54.9 billion (0.2 percent at a monthly rate) in June, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA).
Inflation reports can affect bond yields and mortgage pricing. The reaction depends on how the figures compare with expectations and what else is happening in markets.
Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement
The Fed influences short-term rates. Mortgage rates also reflect longer-term bond and mortgage-backed-security markets; they do not move one-for-one with a Fed decision.
Speech At the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Stanford University, Stanford, California
This is a policymaker’s perspective, not necessarily a committee decision. Their remarks may influence expectations, but do not set the mortgage rate a lender offers you.
Speech At The Exchequer Club of Washington D.C., Washington, D.C.
This is a policymaker’s perspective, not necessarily a committee decision. Their remarks may influence expectations, but do not set the mortgage rate a lender offers you.
Minutes of the Board's discount rate meetings on June 8 and June 17, 2026
The Fed influences short-term rates. Mortgage rates also reflect longer-term bond and mortgage-backed-security markets; they do not move one-for-one with a Fed decision.
Speech At the New York Association for Business Economics, New York, New York
This is a policymaker’s perspective, not necessarily a committee decision. Their remarks may influence expectations, but do not set the mortgage rate a lender offers you.
Federal Reserve announces the leadership and objectives of its task forces to advance the conduct of monetary policy
The Fed influences short-term rates. Mortgage rates also reflect longer-term bond and mortgage-backed-security markets; they do not move one-for-one with a Fed decision.
Minutes of the the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate committee, June 16-17, 2026
The Fed influences short-term rates. Mortgage rates also reflect longer-term bond and mortgage-backed-security markets; they do not move one-for-one with a Fed decision.
Speech At "Challenges for Monetary Policy Transmission in a Changing World," a conference sponsored by the Bank of Italy for the research network initiated by the European System of Central Banks, Rome, Italy
This is a policymaker’s perspective, not necessarily a committee decision. Their remarks may influence expectations, but do not set the mortgage rate a lender offers you.
Personal income increased $181.6 billion (0.7 percent at a monthly rate) in May, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA).
Inflation reports can affect bond yields and mortgage pricing. The reaction depends on how the figures compare with expectations and what else is happening in markets.
Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement
The Fed influences short-term rates. Mortgage rates also reflect longer-term bond and mortgage-backed-security markets; they do not move one-for-one with a Fed decision.
Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate committee release economic projections from the June 16-17 FOMC meeting
The Fed influences short-term rates. Mortgage rates also reflect longer-term bond and mortgage-backed-security markets; they do not move one-for-one with a Fed decision.
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