FT商學院

Mortgage bonds at the epicentre

Rates up, rate volatility up, liquidity down

Good morning. It was nice, from the point of view of inflation, that after Opec flexed its muscles extravagantly the oil price only rose to about $90, within its declining trend. Perhaps there is hope for 2023, after all. Email us: [email protected] and [email protected].

Mortgage bonds’ big moment

You could argue that the most important price in the world right now is the US 30-year fixed mortgage rate. It is the most direct transmission channel for Federal Reserve rate increases, it determines marginal prices for a huge asset class where most Americans have the bulk of their wealth, and it scares the socks off of everyone. The size and speed of its move is amazing, as a 20-year chart shows:

您已閱讀13%(704字),剩餘87%(4914字)包含更多重要資訊,訂閱以繼續探索完整內容,並享受更多專屬服務。
版權聲明:本文版權歸FT中文網所有,未經允許任何單位或個人不得轉載,複製或以任何其他方式使用本文全部或部分,侵權必究。
設置字型大小×
最小
較小
默認
較大
最大
分享×