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Purchase Mortgage Applications Hit Highest Since Early 2023 as Rates Hover Near Low-6%

Markets are leaning toward a December Fed cut, yet mortgage pricing will be set by Treasury yields rather than the Fed’s move.

Mortgage Rates Tick Higher for Third Week as Applications Slide 5.2%

Labor Department Won't Issue Full October Jobs Report After 43-Day Shutdown

Experts Warn $38 Trillion U.S. Debt Has Become a National Security Crisis

U.S. Household Debt Hits Record $18.59 Trillion in Q3, New York Fed Says

Stocks End Mixed as AI Leaders Weigh on a Data‑Starved Market

Mortgage Demand Slips as Volatile Bond Market Keeps Rates in the Low-6% Range

Tenth Circuit Upholds Fed’s Discretion, Denies Custodia’s Bid for a Master Account

Giant Eagle Launches One-Day Penny Exchange Saturday, Doubling Value in Gift Cards

Fed Weighs ‘Skinny’ Master Accounts to Give Payment Firms Limited Access to Its Rails

Mortgage Rates Slip to 6.37% as Refinances Climb and ARMs Gain Share

Mortgage Rates Rebound to Mid-6% After Fed Cut, Ending Brief Refi Burst

Women for Trump Co-Founder Rebukes Soaring Grocery Costs as Data Show Fresh Spike

Grocery Prices Post Biggest Monthly Rise in Three Years as Policy and Supply Pressures Mount

Private Yale Poll Finds CEOs Say Tariffs Hurt Business, Most Won’t Boost U.S. Investment

House Folds CBDC Ban Into CLARITY Crypto Bill and Sends Package to Senate

Deutsche Bank Lifts S&P 500 Target to 7,000 as Barclays Raises Multi-Year Outlook

Opendoor Soars as Rate-Cut Bets, Activist Campaign Overpower Citron Broadside

Fed Sets Oct. 21 Payments Innovation Conference on Stablecoins, DeFi, AI and Tokenization

Global Bond Rout Eases as Long Yields Retreat From Peaks