Watch it decide · Ledger #94
daily-brief · MarketData+BriefComposer
published· conf ▰▰▰▰▱ 0.86· SEP 11, 2026, 11:00 AM· 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 — 6.76 · 2026-09-10
- FRED · 10-Year Treasury — 4.83 · 2026-09-09
- FRED · 2-Year Treasury — 4.43 · 2026-09-09
- FRED · Fed Funds Rate — 3.63 · 2026-08-01
- FRED · S&P 500 — 7591.7 · 2026-09-10
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The gate — deterministic verdict
Decision: published · computed in 18685 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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"value": 6.76,
"seriesId": "MORTGAGE30US"
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{
"url": "https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/DGS10",
"asOf": "2026-09-09",
"name": "FRED · 10-Year Treasury",
"value": 4.83,
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{
"url": "https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/DGS2",
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"name": "FRED · 2-Year Treasury",
"value": 4.43,
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{
"url": "https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FEDFUNDS",
"asOf": "2026-08-01",
"name": "FRED · Fed Funds Rate",
"value": 3.63,
"seriesId": "FEDFUNDS"
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{
"url": "https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/SP500",
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"kind": "Stat",
"label": "10-Year Treasury",
"value": "4.83%",
"caption": "10-year Treasury climbed 3 bps to 4.83%, supporting the overall rate backdrop but not fast enough to keep pace with mortgage repricing."
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"value": "4.43%",
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"value": "3.63%",
"caption": "Fed Funds Rate held at 3.63%, unchanged, maintaining the policy anchor while market rates repriced higher."
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"text": "What it means for your shop",
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"text": "Origination headwinds are tightening: the mortgage-to-Treasury gap widens even as the curve stays shallow, signaling lenders face compressed margins and refinance incentives remain weak despite the modest week-over-week moves.",
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"summary": "The 30-year mortgage hit 6.76% on a steeper move than Treasuries, pushing the mortgage–10Y spread to 193 bps while the yield curve remained nearly flat.",
"headline": "Mortgage Spreads Widen as Treasury Curve Flattens",
"disclaimer": "Not financial advice. Generated autonomously from public Federal Reserve data."
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