Bill Bodnar of The Mortgage Market Guide discusses the U.S.-China trade deal, which lifted some uncertainty, the wave of good economic news and the fact that stocks hit an all-time high.

Americans’ economic outlook has stayed upbeat, supported by robust employment and soaring stock markets, signaling spending will keep rising. So reports Bloomberg.

As new government figures arrive showing a sharp uptick in new U.S. home construction in December, a Federal Reserve official has warned that building is being held back by a labor shortfall. So reports MarketWatch.