December 2025 - Starwest Mortgage Corporation

December 23, 2025 – Happy Holidays

Economic Commentary ‘Tis the season to be jolly. And certainly, the retail industry is hoping that the consumer is feeling quite jolly as the holiday season and the year come to a close. It is estimated that close to 20% of all retail sales happen during this time and anything short of that would be an economic disappointment – not...” Read More

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December 16, 2025 – The Fed Speaks and The Predictions Keep Rolling

Economic Commentary The Federal Reserve met for the last time in 2025 last week and the result was a decrease in their benchmark interest rate of 0.25%. Overall, the decision was not surprising despite the lack of recent data the Fed could rely upon. As expected, they relied upon secondary reports such as flagging consumer confidence and the private payroll...” Read More

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December 9, 2025 – Bad Timing

Economic Commentary For the past several weeks we have been touting the fact that the Federal Reserve will have an avalanche of data to consider when they meet in December. Well, the December meeting starts today and certainly there is a whole bunch of data to consider. However, the most important data indicating the direction of the economy right now...” Read More

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December 2, 2025 – The Scoreboard

Economic Commentary The government shutdown caused a major back-up of government data, and we are in the midst of seeing the spigot of data being released. This is very timely because the Federal Reserve is scheduled to meet one week from today and, unlike their last meeting, they are likely to have some, but not all the data they need...” Read More

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December 23, 2025 – Happy Holidays

December 16, 2025 – The Fed Speaks and The Predictions Keep Rolling

December 9, 2025 – Bad Timing

December 2, 2025 – The Scoreboard

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