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Episode: The New Rates are “Wide Open” - Macro Market Update by Les Parker
Description: 01-13-2026 The New Rates are “Wide Open”—————————-Under the Trump tweet; Welcome to new rates; He’ll show us everything; With Spreads Wide Open.Near Thursday’s close, Trump’s announcement that his representatives will buy $200 billion in mortgages pushed mortgage rates down 1/8, and Treasuries did not move. Premium users of dataQollab https://www.mbsmkt.com could see that there were plenty of small transactions behind the move.The mortgage gains held on Friday after the noise of Jobs. Servicing values dropped slightly. Dealers need details; otherw...