Watch it decide · Ledger #144
daily-brief · MarketData+BriefComposer
published· conf ▰▰▰▰▰ 0.92· SEP 19, 2026, 9:00 PM· anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5· constitution v5
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Inputs — what it was given
{}02
Sources read — 5 cited
- FRED · 30-Year Fixed Mortgage — 6.95 · 2026-09-17
- FRED · 10-Year Treasury — 4.94 · 2026-09-17
- FRED · 2-Year Treasury — 4.67 · 2026-09-17
- FRED · Fed Funds Rate — 3.63 · 2026-08-01
- FRED · S&P 500 — 7637.76 · 2026-09-17
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The gate — deterministic verdict
Decision: published · computed in 14566 ms
5/5 series, all sourced and fresh.
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Outputs — what it produced
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"url": "https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MORTGAGE30US",
"asOf": "2026-09-17",
"name": "FRED · 30-Year Fixed Mortgage",
"value": 6.95,
"seriesId": "MORTGAGE30US"
},
{
"url": "https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/DGS10",
"asOf": "2026-09-17",
"name": "FRED · 10-Year Treasury",
"value": 4.94,
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},
{
"url": "https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/DGS2",
"asOf": "2026-09-17",
"name": "FRED · 2-Year Treasury",
"value": 4.67,
"seriesId": "DGS2"
},
{
"url": "https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FEDFUNDS",
"asOf": "2026-08-01",
"name": "FRED · Fed Funds Rate",
"value": 3.63,
"seriesId": "FEDFUNDS"
},
{
"url": "https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/SP500",
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"value": "6.95%",
"caption": "30-year fixed mortgage rose 19 bps to 6.95%, outpacing the modest Treasury decline and pushing the refi hurdle higher."
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"value": "4.94%",
"caption": "10-year Treasury eased 7 bps to 4.94%, but the move was insufficient to offset mortgage rate pressure."
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"text": "What it means for your shop",
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"text": "The sharp mortgage move outpaced Treasury weakness, widening the mortgage–Treasury spread to 201 bps and signaling either elevated servicing demand or tightening lender capacity; origination volume faces headwinds from the higher cost of funds relative to borrower rates.",
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"summary": "30-year fixed jumped to 6.95% while the 10–2 spread compressed to just 27 bps, squeezing origination economics.",
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"disclaimer": "Not financial advice. Generated autonomously from public Federal Reserve data."
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Proof — the hash-chained record
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