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Teaching About the Fertility Rate April 2023

April 1, 2023 Mark Paul Cervantes Comments Off

Focus on a World Map of Fertility Use the FRED map below to compare the fertility rate across nations. Countries with a fertility rate below 2.1 either add population with immigration or experience population loss. […]

Teaching About Inflation Expectations March 2023

March 1, 2023 Mark Paul Cervantes Comments Off

Focus on Survey-Based Inflation Expectations Read this Economic Brief from the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond to learn about consumer-based surveys of inflation expectations and use the FRED graph below to compare survey responses with […]

Rocket lost money last year, so why are its shares up?

February 25, 2024 Comments Off

Rocket Companies, the parent of Rocket Mortgage, lost money in 2023, but executives have expressed confidence about a big turnaround by touting investment in artificial intelligence (AI) to accelerate the company’s profitability. Despite reporting […]

Industry experts are closely watching delinquency rates, insurance costs

February 25, 2024 Comments Off

Mortgage servicers, regulators and economists are closely watching the delinquency rates for Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loans following a spike in the fourth quarter of 2023. Industry experts say that although there’s a correlation […]

Jobs data sends mortgage rates higher

February 3, 2024 Comments Off

Today we got a jobs Friday hat trick! Better headline jobs were reported, with positive revisions and more robust wage growth, which caught bond traders off guard and sent bond yields and mortgage rates […]