- The Fed cut its policy rate by a quarter point, but mortgage markets had already priced in the cut and did not benefit.
 
			 
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				- Fed Chair Powell said in his press conference that a December rate cut was not a foregone conclusion, pressuring mortgage rates higher.
 
			 
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				- The government shutdown has once more delayed key economic data, including this week's reports on jobless claims, inflation, and Q3 GDP.
 
			 
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