Rates Jump Sharply After Hitting Multi-Week Lows

Mortgage rates managed to drift down to their best levels in more than a month by yesterday, but the good times ended today… abruptly! 
Interest rates are tied to trading levels in the bond market, and bonds got killed today.  Things were already looking bad at the start of trading, but as the day went on, they got worse at an increasingly unpleasant pace.  The first offender was the Consumer Price Index, a key inflation report, which came out much higher than expected.  Bonds don’t like high inflation, so it was no surprise to see yields rising throughout the morning….(read more)Forward this article via email:  Send a copy of this story to someone you know that may want to read it.
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