Forecast for the Week 
- Thursday brings the first release with weekly Initial Jobless Claims.
- On Friday, the wholesale inflation reading Producer Price Index, Retail Sales and Consumer Sentiment Index will be delivered.
When you see these Bond prices moving higher, it means home loan rates are improving. When Bond prices are moving lower, home loan rates are getting worse.
To go one step further, a red “candle” means that MBS worsened during the day, while a green “candle” means MBS improved during the day. Depending on how dramatic the changes are on any given day, this can cause rate changes throughout the day, as well as on the rate sheets we start with each morning.
As you can see in the chart below, Mortgage Bonds stopped their downward slide recently and made up some ground.
Chart: Fannie Mae 3.5% Mortgage Bond (Friday January, 2017)
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Economic Calendar for the Week of January 09 – January 13
|
Date
|
ET
|
Economic Report
|
For
|
Estimate
|
Actual
|
Prior
|
Impact
|
| Thu. January 12 |
08:30
|
Jobless Claims (Initial) |
1/07
|
NA
|
NA
|
Moderate
|
|
| Fri. January 13 |
08:30
|
Producer Price Index (PPI) |
Dec
|
NA
|
0.4%
|
Moderate
|
|
| Fri. January 13 |
08:30
|
Core Producer Price Index (PPI) |
Dec
|
NA
|
0.4%
|
Moderate
|
|
| Fri. January 13 |
08:30
|
Retail Sales |
Dec
|
NA
|
0.1%
|
HIGH
|
|
| Fri. January 13 |
08:30
|
Retail Sales ex-auto |
Dec
|
NA
|
0.2%
|
HIGH
|
|
| Fri. January 13 |
10:00
|
Consumer Sentiment Index (UoM) |
Jan
|
NA
|
98.2
|
Moderate
|
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