Jobs numbers dash hopes for rate cut, mortgage hiring rises
May’s slightly stronger than anticipated employment data dampened lenders’ hopes for further downward pressure on rates in the immediate future, as they added incrementally to payrolls for the spring homebuying season. U.S. employers overall added 139,000 jobs last month, above consensus expectations for around 130,000. Unemployment remained stable at 4.2%. Nonbank mortgage employment, which is […]
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