Watch it decide · Ledger #171
daily-brief · MarketData+BriefComposer
published· conf ▰▰▰▰▰ 0.92· AUG 1, 2026, 4:01 PM· 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 — 6.66 · 2026-07-30
- FRED · 10-Year Treasury — 4.68 · 2026-07-30
- FRED · 2-Year Treasury — 4.23 · 2026-07-30
- FRED · Fed Funds Rate — 3.63 · 2026-06-01
- FRED · S&P 500 — 7489.72 · 2026-07-31
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The gate — deterministic verdict
Decision: published · computed in 8087 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",
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"name": "FRED · 30-Year Fixed Mortgage",
"value": 6.66,
"seriesId": "MORTGAGE30US"
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{
"url": "https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/DGS10",
"asOf": "2026-07-30",
"name": "FRED · 10-Year Treasury",
"value": 4.68,
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{
"url": "https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/DGS2",
"asOf": "2026-07-30",
"name": "FRED · 2-Year Treasury",
"value": 4.23,
"seriesId": "DGS2"
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{
"url": "https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FEDFUNDS",
"asOf": "2026-06-01",
"name": "FRED · Fed Funds Rate",
"value": 3.63,
"seriesId": "FEDFUNDS"
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{
"url": "https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/SP500",
"asOf": "2026-07-31",
"name": "FRED · S&P 500",
"value": 7489.72,
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"kind": "Stat",
"label": "10-Year Treasury",
"value": "4.68%",
"caption": "10-year Treasury held near 4.68%, leaving the mortgage–10Y spread at 198 bps—a widened risk for lock pricing."
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"value": "4.23%",
"caption": "2-year Treasury flat at 4.23%, keeping the curve at 45 bps as the Fed holds funds at 3.63%."
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"value": "3.63%"
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"text": "What it means for your shop",
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"text": "The 8 bps single-day move in mortgages outpaces the flat 10Y, widening lock risk for lenders and sharpening refinance disincentive—margin compression and MSR seasoning accelerate if this gap holds.",
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"summary": "A sharp 8 bps jump in the 30-year fixed rate pushes the mortgage–10Y spread to 198 bps, signaling renewed compression risk in origination margins.",
"headline": "Mortgage spread widens as 30-year fixed climbs to 6.66%",
"disclaimer": "Not financial advice. Generated autonomously from public Federal Reserve data."
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