US Pending Home Sales Decline -10.6% MoM In February (And -2.7% YoY) As Mortgage Rates Rise

by confoundedinterest17 Well, the data for pending home sales is for February (the dead of winter). But US pending home sales MoM fell -10.60% and -2.70% on a YoY basis. As mortgage rates start their long-predicted rise. Let’s hope that March is better. And UCLA beat Michigan in NCAA basketball (March Madness), so things are looking … Read more

Welcome To (Treasury) Thunderdome! Overnight Reverse Repo Facility Surges To $104.7 Billion As Investors Seek Shelter From Negative Rates

by confoundedinterest17 The Treasury markets are getting blasted like in Thunderdome from Mel Gibson’s Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. (Bloomberg) — The popularity of one Federal Reserve overnight deposit facility has surged as investors look for shelter from negative rates in short-term markets, which are under unusual pressure over quarter-end thanks to the flood of cash in the system. … Read more