Geopolitics and AI to Drive Mortgage Rates This Week as an October Fed Rate Hike Appears Unlikely

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Redfin News reports that mortgage rates this week will move on geopolitical headlines and market sentiment around artificial intelligence, with an October Fed rate hike looking unlikely. The week ahead is relatively quiet until next week's central bank meeting, though last week's data offered mixed signals: a firmer-than-expected CPI inflation reading followed by a tamer producer price index print. Rate direction, in other words, remains tied to forces well outside any borrower's control.

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