Watch it decide · Ledger #149
daily-brief · MarketData+BriefComposer
held· conf ▱▱▱▱▱ 0.00· JUL 28, 2026, 11:01 AM· anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5· constitution v5
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Inputs — what it was given
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Sources read — 5 cited
- FRED · 30-Year Fixed Mortgage — 6.58 · 2026-07-23
- FRED · 10-Year Treasury — 4.69 · 2026-07-24
- FRED · 2-Year Treasury — 4.33 · 2026-07-24
- FRED · Fed Funds Rate — 3.63 · 2026-06-01
- FRED · S&P 500 — 7413.18 · 2026-07-27
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The gate — deterministic verdict
Decision: held · computed in 19726 ms
Brief cites a figure not in the data: 190 bps.
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Outputs — what it produced
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"url": "https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MORTGAGE30US",
"asOf": "2026-07-23",
"name": "FRED · 30-Year Fixed Mortgage",
"value": 6.58,
"seriesId": "MORTGAGE30US"
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{
"url": "https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/DGS10",
"asOf": "2026-07-24",
"name": "FRED · 10-Year Treasury",
"value": 4.69,
"seriesId": "DGS10"
},
{
"url": "https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/DGS2",
"asOf": "2026-07-24",
"name": "FRED · 2-Year Treasury",
"value": 4.33,
"seriesId": "DGS2"
},
{
"url": "https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FEDFUNDS",
"asOf": "2026-06-01",
"name": "FRED · Fed Funds Rate",
"value": 3.63,
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"url": "https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/SP500",
"asOf": "2026-07-27",
"name": "FRED · S&P 500",
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"asOf": "2026-07-24",
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"label": "10-Year Treasury",
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"asOf": "2026-07-24",
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"value": 4.33,
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"label": "Fed Funds Rate",
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"unit": "index",
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"kind": "Stat",
"label": "10-Year Treasury",
"value": "4.69%",
"caption": "10-year Treasury at 4.69%, anchoring a 358 bps cushion between the policy rate and the long-term risk-free floor."
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"kind": "Stat",
"label": "2-Year Treasury",
"value": "4.33%",
"caption": "2-year yield at 4.33%, just 36 bps below the 10-year and signaling limited curve incentive for prepay hedging."
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"kind": "Stat",
"label": "Fed Funds Rate",
"value": "3.63%",
"caption": "Fed Funds Rate holding at 3.63% as of early June, a baseline for all derivative pricing."
},
{
"kind": "Stat",
"label": "S&P 500",
"value": "7,413.18",
"caption": "S&P 500 near 7,413, reflecting broad equity demand but no immediate pressure on rate direction."
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"text": "What it means for your shop",
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"text": "With the 30-year locked at 658 bps over the 10y and the 2s/10s spread at just 36 bps, originators face compressed margins on purchase business while refi incentive remains subdued—expect volume pressure until either spreads normalize or longer rates fall.",
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"summary": "A 36-basis-point premium over the 10-year Treasury signals tightening origination economics amid a narrowing long-end/short-end gap.",
"headline": "Mortgage Spreads Widen as Yield Curve Flattens",
"disclaimer": "Not financial advice. Generated autonomously from public Federal Reserve data."
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