On Friday, the prices of mortgage backed securities closed at their highest levels seen over the last few weeks. To remind readers, as the prices of MBS move higher, lenders are able to pass along lower mortgage rates. Much of the data from last week was fairly positive for the economy which usually does not bode well for the fixed income sector; however, MBS managed a slow but steady march higher. The highest impacting report, the Employment Situation, did post worse than expected numbers which...