Despite mortgage rates declining a full percentage point from 7.26 percent in mid-January to 6.29 percent in mid-December, existing home sales have gone virtually nowhere.

The agreements bring the total number of drugmakers aligned with Trump’s pricing initiative to 14 of the 17 companies the administration targeted this year.

Silver price rallies to a new all-time high of $67.46 even though US Treasury yields and the US Dollar remain firm on Friday.

Silver is in a historic breakout and leading gold and miners but is short-term extended. A brief holiday pullback is possible before the next leg higher toward much larger upside targets as the long-term bull trend remains firmly intact.

Republican consumer sentiment remains notably more optimistic than overall or Democratic sentiment in the latest University of Michigan survey, a pattern that has persisted with only slight erosion and stands apart from broader expectations data.