Mortgage Rates Today, Nov. 29, 2024: Slow Day for Data But Not Necessarily for Rates
There are no economic reports this morning. But a couple of things might still move mortgage rates today.
There are no economic reports this morning. But a couple of things might still move mortgage rates today.
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The Fed could look to cut rates in September, but only if inflation numbers cooperation, some of which come out Friday.
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Mortgage rates are driven by inflation and other economic data. But one factor is influencing them more than normal: low demand for government debt.
The mortgage market awaits good as the Consumer Price Index (CPI) report and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s testimony before Senate and House committees on Capitol Hill approaches.
Arguable the most influential economic report comes out Friday. A downbeat report could help mortgage rates, since weaker jobs data gives the Fed stable ground on which to make the rate-cut argument.
It will likely be a calm week for mortgage rates -- that is, until Friday rolls around.