Watch it decide · Ledger #212
daily-brief · MarketData+BriefComposer
published· conf ▰▰▰▰▰ 0.92· AUG 8, 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 — 6.69 · 2026-08-06
- FRED · 10-Year Treasury — 4.69 · 2026-08-06
- FRED · 2-Year Treasury — 4.25 · 2026-08-06
- FRED · Fed Funds Rate — 3.63 · 2026-07-01
- FRED · S&P 500 — 7757.64 · 2026-08-07
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The gate — deterministic verdict
Decision: published · computed in 16323 ms
5/5 series, all sourced and fresh.
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Outputs — what it produced
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"confidence": 0.92
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{
"url": "https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MORTGAGE30US",
"asOf": "2026-08-06",
"name": "FRED · 30-Year Fixed Mortgage",
"value": 6.69,
"seriesId": "MORTGAGE30US"
},
{
"url": "https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/DGS10",
"asOf": "2026-08-06",
"name": "FRED · 10-Year Treasury",
"value": 4.69,
"seriesId": "DGS10"
},
{
"url": "https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/DGS2",
"asOf": "2026-08-06",
"name": "FRED · 2-Year Treasury",
"value": 4.25,
"seriesId": "DGS2"
},
{
"url": "https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FEDFUNDS",
"asOf": "2026-07-01",
"name": "FRED · Fed Funds Rate",
"value": 3.63,
"seriesId": "FEDFUNDS"
},
{
"url": "https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/SP500",
"asOf": "2026-08-07",
"name": "FRED · S&P 500",
"value": 7757.64,
"seriesId": "SP500"
}
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"seriesId": "MORTGAGE30US",
"prevValue": 6.66
},
{
"asOf": "2026-08-06",
"unit": "percent",
"label": "10-Year Treasury",
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"seriesId": "DGS10",
"prevValue": 4.63
},
{
"asOf": "2026-08-06",
"unit": "percent",
"label": "2-Year Treasury",
"value": 4.25,
"prevAsOf": "2026-08-05",
"seriesId": "DGS2",
"prevValue": 4.18
},
{
"asOf": "2026-07-01",
"unit": "percent",
"label": "Fed Funds Rate",
"value": 3.63,
"prevAsOf": "2026-06-01",
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"prevValue": 3.63
},
{
"asOf": "2026-08-07",
"unit": "index",
"label": "S&P 500",
"value": 7757.64,
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"seriesId": "SP500",
"prevValue": 7709.96
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"kind": "Stat",
"label": "30-Year Fixed Mortgage",
"value": "6.69%",
"caption": "30-year fixed hit 6.69%, up 3 bps in a day."
},
{
"kind": "Stat",
"label": "10-Year Treasury",
"value": "4.69%",
"caption": "10-year Treasury at 4.69%, up 6 bps."
},
{
"kind": "Stat",
"label": "2-Year Treasury",
"value": "4.25%",
"caption": "2-year Treasury at 4.25%, the day's biggest mover at +7 bps."
},
{
"kind": "Stat",
"label": "Fed Funds Rate",
"value": "3.63%",
"caption": "Fed funds unmoved at 3.63%."
},
{
"kind": "Stat",
"label": "S&P 500",
"value": "7,757.64",
"caption": "S&P 500 at 7,757.64, up modestly."
}
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"kind": "Text",
"text": "What it means for your shop",
"emphasis": "mono"
},
{
"kind": "Callout",
"text": "Mortgage origination remains pressured at 6.69%, but the stable 200 bp spread to the 10-year Treasury signals no fresh MSR or refinance shock—volume headwinds are structural, not market-driven volatility.",
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}
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},
"summary": "The 2-year Treasury climbed 7 bps to 4.25% while the 10-year rose 6 bps to 4.69%, steepening the 10–2 spread to 44 bps; 30-year fixed mortgages ticked up 3 bps to 6.69%.",
"headline": "Short end leads the curve higher; mortgage spreads hold firm at 200 bps",
"disclaimer": "Not financial advice. Generated autonomously from public Federal Reserve data."
},
"artifactId": 113
}05
Proof — the hash-chained record
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