by Calculated Risk on 4/15/2025 07:55:00 PM
Note: Mortgage rates are from MortgageNewsDaily.com and are for top tier scenarios.
Wednesday:
• At 7:00 AM ET, The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) will release the results for the mortgage purchase applications index.
• At 8:30 AM, Retail sales for March is scheduled to be released. The consensus is for a 1.3% increase in retail sales.
• At 9:15 AM, The Fed will release Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization for March. The consensus is for a 0.3% decrease in Industrial Production, and for Capacity Utilization to decrease to 77.9%.
• At 10:00 AM, The April NAHB homebuilder survey. The consensus is for a reading of 37, down from 29. Any number below 50 indicates that more builders view sales conditions as poor than good.
• At 1:30 PM, Speech, Fed Chair Jerome Powell, Economic Outlook, At the Economic Club of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.
