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⏱️ Rates in 60 Seconds

Rates moved higher last week as markets headed into a heavy jobs week.

What’s driving it

• Mortgage bonds sold off as investors positioned ahead of key labor data

• Jobless claims continue to understate weakness by excluding gig workers, self-employed borrowers, and long-term unemployed whose benefits have expired

🏛 Fed backdrop

• Fed Governor Waller says policy remains restrictive

• Inflation excluding tariffs is near the Fed’s 2% target

• Rate cuts remain possible, but markets want confirmation from jobs data

📆 This week

• Friday’s Jobs Report is the primary driver for near-term rate direction

🧠 Realtor insight

• Weaker jobs data supports lower rates

• Strong data keeps upward pressure on rates