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    The traditional proxies for where credit markets are heading – the 10-year, the CPI print, the dot plot, the Fed minutes – still matter. But anyone relying on that signal set alone is reading half the room. The inputs that move rate sheets in 2026 have widened, and

The housing market continues its slow-motion shuffle toward something resembling normalcy, with inventory up 26% year-over-year even as mortgage rates hop back above 6.3% (fun while it lasted) – a sign that bond markets remain unimpressed by the Fed’s rate-cutting enthusiasm. Homeowners insurance costs are projected to climb another 16%

”While we’ve made progress on inflation, we’re not yet confident that it’s moving sustainably toward our 2 percent objective. We need to see more evidence before considering any significant changes to our policy stance.” – Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell FOMC January 2025: Navigating Economic Crosscurrents with Data-Driven Precision (this

As always, this report was generated entirely by our AI platform ALFReD. Know Better. Work Smarter. Be More Successful. Tim The Housing Horizon: Decoding Turner and Bessent’s Confirmation Hearings As the political landscape shifts with the recent election of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States, the

This has been a long year and I wanted to review the economic backdrop of the housing market in 2024. This analysis from ALFReD shows a remarkably resilient housing market in terms of the pace of home sales and the sales prices in the face of crushing affordability challenges and

The HUD/FHA note sale program appears to be on the verge of reinstatement, with a significant policy announcement expected in the Federal Register tomorrow. While specific details are not yet publicly available, this development signals a potential shift in HUD’s approach to managing distressed FHA-insured mortgages. The imminent announcement is