rates
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“Inflation is too high, leading central banks to raise short-term rates, while budget deficits and debt are unsustainably high, leading bond investors to push up longer-term rates,” said Mike Fratantoni, chief economist at the MBA.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
High interest rates and political uncertainty have data-center startups and other tech companies rethinking their go-public timing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
"I was thinking the interest rates would decrease and then I'd be able to purchase a house, but I don't think that's likely now," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
The 10-year Treasury yield, which influences rates on mortgage and auto loans, rose to 5.3 percent from 5.2 percent.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
The trick was finding them before others did—finding, for example, that both Moody’s and S&P favored floating-rate mortgages with low teaser rates over fixed-rate ones.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
