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Investors have pared back gains after Thursday's mixed jobless claims data, which sent the 10-year Treasury yield above 4.6% and reached a seven-month high. The rate fell back modestly on Friday.
The United States Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 is a weekly publication (with daily updates) of the Federal Reserve System of selected market interest rates. [1] Many residential mortgage loans are indexed to the one-year treasury rate published in the H.15 release. [citation needed]
The target rate remained at 5.25% for over a year, until the Federal Reserve began lowering rates in September 2007. The last cycle of easing monetary policy through the rate was conducted from September 2007 to December 2008 as the target rate fell from 5.25% to a range of 0.00–0.25%.
The FOMC left rates unchanged the day after the Bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers. Official Statement: August 5, 2008 2.00% 2.25% 10–1 The Federal Open Market Committee decided today to keep its target for the federal funds rate at 2 percent. Official statement: April 30, 2008 2.00% 2.25% 8–2 The FOMC cut rates by 25 basis points.
The Treasury market, though, hasn’t been paying attention. ... The 5-year breakeven rate, for instance, has risen 8 basis points since the Fed meeting and is up 20 basis points since Sept. 11 ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) -The Federal Reserve’s hawkish tilt has shaken up the bond market, with Treasuries recording their worst start to the year in history. Yields on the U.S. benchmark 10-year ...
Some investors have criticized the use of the Agg as a representation of the performance of the entire US fixed income universe. Because the benchmark was founded in the 1970s, and some of its data dates back to only 1986, a time when interest rates began to decline from all-time highs, the index has only seen a few years of negative returns.
The Federal Reserve slashed interest rates by 50 basis points Wednesday at its September Federal Open Market Committee meeting, lowering the federal funds rate to a range of 4.75% to 5%.