<p class="ql-align-justify">This podcast segment explains how jobs data, the Fed’s dot plot, and reserve management purchases kept mortgage rates rangebound while markets wait for clearer inflation and employment signals.</p><p class="ql-align-justify">-----------------------------------------------------</p><p class="ql-align-justify"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-graham-714bba8/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(49, 130, 206);">Matt</a>&nbsp;began as an originator in 2002. He fell in love with the idea of following MBS in real-time but felt that existing products were only scratching the surface. Thus was born MBS Live in 2007, the first-of-its-kind platform with real-time market data/analysis, and live chat with analysts, traders, and originators around the country. He is currently the Founder and CEO of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mbslive.net/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(49, 130, 206);">MBS</a>Live!</p><p class="ql-align-justify"><br></p><p class="ql-align-justify">He's been covering bond/mortgage markets, writing commentary, alerts, and chatting with the live community every business hour of every business day ever since.</p><p class="ql-align-justify"><br></p><p class="ql-align-justify">Matt also serves as the Chief of Operations for&nbsp;<a href="https://mortgagenewsdaily.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(49, 130, 206);">mortgagenewsdaily.com,</a>&nbsp;where he is one of the industry's most respected mortgage rate experts, frequently quoted in the media. Mortgage News Daily's rate index is used as the definitive resource on day-to-day mortgage rate averages.</p><p class="ql-align-justify"><br></p><p class="ql-align-justify">He lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife and son, where he enjoys skiing, fishing, coaching youth sports, playing the guitar, and more DIY projects/hobbies than he'd care to admit.</p>