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August 9th, 2010 4:49 PM
Forecast for the Week

There will be plenty of action ahead this week, beginning with Tuesday's Federal Open Market Committee meeting. This week's meeting will be very important and closely watched as the important "extended period" language will come under scrutiny, as well as options that the Fed will discuss to further stimulate the economy and avoid deflation. Their decisions could certainly impact home loan rates, and I will be watching closely to see what happens.

Also this week, Thursday brings another Initial and Continuing Jobless Claims Report, while on Friday we will see both the Retail Sales and Consumer Price Index (CPI) Reports. Remember, last week it was reported that Personal Savings increased, so it will be important to see how this impacts Retail Sales. And, as mentioned above, any hint of inflation can hurt Bonds and home loan rates, which is why the CPI Report - which measures inflation at the consumer level - is also an important one to watch.

Remember: Weak economic news normally causes money to flow out of Stocks and into Bonds, helping Bonds and home loan rates improve, while strong economic news normally has the opposite result.

As you can see in the chart below, Bonds and home loan rates continue to improve, most recently aided by the weak Jobs Report.

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There will be plenty of action ahead this week, beginning with Tuesday's Federal Open Market Committee meeting. This week's meeting will be very important and closely watched as the important "extended period" language will come under scrutiny, as well as options that the Fed will discuss to further stimulate the economy and avoid deflation. Their decisions could certainly impact home loan rates, and I will be watching closely to see what happens.

Also this week, Thursday brings another Initial and Continuing Jobless Claims Report, while on Friday we will see both the Retail Sales and Consumer Price Index (CPI) Reports. Remember, last week it was reported that Personal Savings increased, so it will be important to see how this impacts Retail Sales. And, as mentioned above, any hint of inflation can hurt Bonds and home loan rates, which is why the CPI Report - which measures inflation at the consumer level - is also an important one to watch.

Remember: Weak economic news normally causes money to flow out of Stocks and into Bonds, helping Bonds and home loan rates improve, while strong economic news normally has the opposite result. 

Posted by Gary Bussard on August 9th, 2010 4:49 PMPost a Comment (0)

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