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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are a step closer to issuing a combined mortgage-backed security that would fundamentally overhaul one of the largest bond markets and could reduce borrowing costs for homeowners.
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The fight over a troubled Chinese property developer is intensifying as a onetime white knight is poised to sweeten its offer to foreign bondholders, seeking to trump an offer from the company’s chairman.
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| Yield/Rate (%) | 52-week | Change in Pct. Pts |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interest Rate | Last | Wk Ago | High | Low | 52-Wk | 3-Yr |
| * Base rate posted by 70% of the nation's largest banks. | ||||||
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| Federal-funds rate target | 0-0.25 | 0-0.25 | 0-0.25 | 0-0.25 | ... | ... |
| Prime rate* | 3.25 | 3.25 | 3.25 | 3.25 | ... | ... |
| Money market, annual yield | 0.35 | 0.35 | 0.44 | 0.35 | -0.05 | -0.15 |
| Five-year CD, annual yield | 1.45 | 1.46 | 1.58 | 1.34 | 0.08 | 0.06 |
| 30-year mortgage, fixed | 4.02 | 4.00 | 4.42 | 3.71 | -0.24 | 0.11 |
| 15-year mortgage, fixed | 3.19 | 3.19 | 3.55 | 2.98 | -0.17 | 0.02 |
| Jumbo mortgages, $417,000-plus | 4.32 | 4.33 | 4.90 | 4.00 | -0.25 | -0.19 |
| Five-year adj mortage (ARM) | 3.40 | 3.30 | 4.06 | 3.20 | -0.10 | 0.51 |
| New-car loan, 48-month | 2.93 | 2.91 | 3.26 | 2.88 | -0.01 | -0.31 |
| HELOC, $30,000 | 4.38 | 4.25 | 4.78 | 4.24 | -0.37 | -0.29 |
| Coupon (%) | Country | Maturity | Yield (%) | Latest Spread over Treasurys* | Previous Yield (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * In basis points | |||||
| Source: Tullett Prebon | |||||
| See all Global Government Bonds | |||||
| 3.250 | Australia | 10 | 2.906 | 77.0 | 3.005 |
| 0.500 | France | 10 | 0.916 | -122.1 | 0.984 |
| 0.500 | Germany | 10 | 0.628 | -150.8 | 0.707 |
| 0.400 | Japan | 10 | 0.393 | -174.4 | 0.451 |
| 2.750 | U.K. | 10 | 1.890 | -24.6 | 1.997 |
| 2.125 | U.S. | 10 | 2.136 | ... | 2.232 |
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Bonds: Treasury quotes are updated in real-time. Change values are calculated based on price at 5 p.m. on the prior day. Source: Tullett Prebon. Charts update every 30 minutes between 9:35 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Treasury futures quotes are delayed 10 minutes. Source SIX Financial Information.
Treasury yield curve: Updated daily. Source: Ryan ALM.
U.S. consumer rates chart: Updated daily. Source: Bankrate.com
Calendars & Economy:Consensus forecasts are provided by Econoday. "Actual" numbers are added to table after economic reports are released.
Historical data are available for this table. Archived tables are available for past editions beginning with May 1, 2007.
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| Date | ET | Release | For Period | Consensus Forecast | Actual | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| See full Economic Calendar | ||||||
| Source: Econoday | ||||||
| May 15 | 08:30 a.m. | Empire State Mfg Survey | May, 2015 | 5.00 | 3.09 | |
| May 15 | 09:15 a.m. | Industrial Production | Apr, 2015 | 0.0% | -0.3% | |
| May 15 | 4:00 p.m. | Treasury International Capital | Mar, 2015 | $17.6B | ||
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