💡See also: Mortgage Tidbits (below) including an important OSFI update. Bond markets ended last week in full soap-opera mode — tariffs, blockbuster employment, an oil slide, and political theatrics all competed for the spotlight.

💡See also: Mortgage Tidbits (below). Investors nudged up the 5-year yield by two ticks on Thursday, as investors restlessly awaited Friday’s job numbers. Apart from that, however, it was yet another eerily subdued trading session.

💡See also: Mortgage Tidbits (below). Between an underwhelming U.S. Treasury auction, Fed officials fretting about inflation that refuses to cool, and Canada bracing for more trade surprises, Wednesday was a day when optimism and anxiety shared the same stage.

💡See also: Mortgage Tidbits (below). The prime minister dropped by Washington on Tuesday for a chat about tariffs. Following his meeting with the President, Trump promised that Canada would be “very happy” with the outcome. In Trump's vocabulary, that could mean anything from a handshake to a new