After declining for four consecutive days, 30-year mortgage rates edged up slightly Friday. Rates for many other new purchase loan types also climbed.

Though mortgage rates could see some volatility, many economists expect them to stay somewhat flat until the economic picture drastically changes. Rates will stay in the 6.75% to 7.25% range unless the Fed signals multiple cuts soon and backs it up with data,

Investors are heading into the coming week’s two-day Federal Reserve meeting facing a wide band of uncertainty around the path ahead for the U.S. economy, inflation, and interest rates — which has the potential to keep stocks rangebound,

The Federal Reserve's balancing act between concerns about a weakening labor market and still above-target inflation will take center stage for investors in the coming week as they weigh risks to the rally in the U.