At the start of the month, a significantly weaker than expected July nonfarm payrolls report along with one of the biggest two-month revisions in decades to job growth all but convinced market participants that the data would be enough to finally get the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates.

A jump in U.S. wholesale prices last month looks to have all but erased the possibility that the Federal Reserve will deliver a jumbo-sized half-percentage-point interest rate cut in September, though expectations for a quarter-percentage-point move next month,

New economic data releases could increase mortgage rate volatility in the coming weeks, leading up to the Fed's September meeting.