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The pandemic boom in home sales is over’: Mortgage rates soar to highest level since 2009 as the Fed pressures the housing marketThe pandemic boom in home sales is over’: Mortgage rates soar to highest level since 2009 as the Fed pressures the housing market

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The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 5.27% for the week ending May 5, according to data released by Freddie Mac FMCC, -0.46% on Thursday. That’s up 17 basis points from the previous week — one basis point is equal to one hundredth of a percentage point, or 1% of 1%

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-pandemic-boom-in-home-sales-is-over-mortgage-rates-soar-to-highest-level-since-2009-as-the-fed-pressures-the-housing-market-11651760108?link=sfmw_fb&fbclid=IwAR14JE4G-PIvrSuqUXZFYxstOPGt3e9-bcVJhCZMwq58qx8b-fawz1TCp_o

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Albert Edwards And Scott Minerd Agree: US Yields Could Go NegativeAlbert Edwards And Scott Minerd Agree: US Yields Could Go Negative

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Do you believe we’ve “crossed the Rubicon” where that means policymakers are increasingly inclined to view the world through the lens of Modern Monetary Theory even if they insist they’re doing no such thing? If the answer is “yes,” you’ll be forgiven. The superfluous middleman notwithstanding, central banks are engaged in debt monetization. That’s been true for a long time, of course. What’s new is that the “match” between government borrowing and central bank bond-buying became so glaring following the pandemic that the charade was difficult to obscure, even in countries where the public isn’t exactly famous for its capacity to grasp nuance (e.g., the US). The figure (below) is about as straightforward as it can be.

https://heisenbergreport.com/2021/03/04/albert-edwards-and-scott-minerd-agree-us-yields-could-go-negative/

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