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The yield on the 10-year Treasury was at 3.82% Thursday, up from 3.78% last week. ... The average rate on a 30-year mortgage rose from below 3% in September 2021 to a 23-year high of 7.8% last ...
The 30-year fixed mortgage rate — which tracks the 10-year bond yield — is Exhibit A. The rate jumped more than 20 basis points on Thursday in reaction to the Fed's rate cut, climbing above 7% ...
The yield on 10-year Treasuries rose 6.6 basis points to 4.020% but remained under the 4% mark, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond was up 5.9 basis points at 3.992%.
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%.
Unlike the similar but less comprehensive Kansas City Financial Stress Index (KCFSI) from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City that uses only 11 variables, this index uses 18 weekly data series that include seven interest rate series, six yield spreads and five other indicators to capture some element of financial stress:
Average mortgage rates are moderately lower as of Thursday, January 2, 2025, with the average 30-year purchase rate dipping below 7.00% in the new year — about where we were this time last year ...
Line graph illustrating the yields of 30-year US Treasury bonds over 1994. Yields for these bonds rose from 6.17% on January 12 to 8.16% on November 4. In 1993, the bond market was enjoying a relatively bullish run following a recession that plagued many industrialized nations several years earlier. [ 6 ]
U.S. mortgage rates rose this week to the highest level since July. The benchmark 30-year fixed rate loan rate rose to 6.91% from 6.85% last week, according to mortgage giant Freddie Mac. The ...