The Wire is our running log of real, dated, sourced events that change what our 500+ calculators output — CPI prints, Fed decisions, IRS rule updates, BLS data drops, Freddie Mac mortgage rate readings. Each entry links to original NNNG commentary that ties the news back to the specific tools it affects.
No aggregation. No reposting. Original analysis written by the NNNG Wire desk, with the primary source cited at the bottom of every post.
New chair Kevin Warsh's debut FOMC meeting arrives June 16–17 with a fresh dot plot and press conference. Markets expect no rate change, so the signal will be in the projections and tone. Here's what actually matters for your mortgage and savings.
Americans kept spending in April even as income stalled and disposable income fell — funding it by saving less. A 2.6% personal saving rate leaves little cushion. How to read the number and rebuild your own reserve.
Core PCE softened to 0.2% for the month while headline PCE held at 3.8% year-over-year. One print isn't a trend, and the income side of the same report carried a warning. What the Fed's preferred gauge means for your money.
Freddie Mac's weekly reading rose for a third straight week, up from 6.36% two weeks earlier. Here's exactly what the move costs on a $400,000 loan, the quieter good news on inventory, and how to run the numbers now.
Warsh was sworn in May 22 after the closest Senate confirmation for a chair in the modern era. Powell's term as chair ended May 15, though he stays on as a governor. What a new, more hawkish chair could mean for rates.
A new IRS initiative (IR-2026-65) gives eligible taxpayers in conservation easement disputes a defined off-ramp: 90 days at standard terms, then a 45-day extension with stricter penalty math. Combined window 135 days. Here are the rules and the eligibility filters.
The hottest annual CPI reading in nearly three years doesn't just affect gas and groceries. It propagates through 2027 tax bracket indexing, the Fed's rate-cut math, and your real take-home pay. Our take on what to actually do with the number.
Hiring beat the 65,000 consensus forecast, led by health care and warehousing. Average hourly earnings grew 3.6% YoY — the smallest annual gain in over a year. Full sector breakdown, revision details, and what the household survey is telling us.
Freddie Mac's weekly PMMS reading rose for a second straight week. Here's exactly what 7 basis points costs on a $400,000 loan, how it shifts your affordability ceiling, and which NNNG tools to pair with this week's number.
The IRS rolled out new self-service tools and live webinars (IR-2026-61) aimed at self-employed filers. The IRS tools tell you what the rules are; our calculators tell you what they mean for your income. Here are the three to pair them with.
The April FOMC hold was widely expected. The 8-4 dissent split — the largest since October 1992 — was not. Our read on what a divided committee means for the 10-year Treasury, mortgage rates, savings yields, and the rate-cut timeline.
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