Mortgage Rates Mostly Maintain Wednesday's Strength

Placeholder Day Ahead of Jobs Report No matter how many seemingly interesting political headlines are thrown at the bond market, trading levels keep refusing to show too much concern.  Thursday's session saw just as many political newswires as any other day this week, but with only Jobless Claims in the 8:30am slot, there was a distinct absence of relevant economic data.  Claims weren't far enough from forecast to put any spin on the ball, so bonds were left to drift sideways in a choppy but narrow range.  Another consideration is that tomorrow's NFP has been and continues to be the week's biggest deal in terms of data--all the more reason