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Moneytalks is Interest.com's weekly consumer-oriented mortgage magazine. We wrap up the prior week's mortgage-related market activity and movements in one concise, easy-to-read report to save you time, and we preview the coming week's economic highlights. Moneytalks also gives you charts and graphs that tell you at a glance where key interest rates currently are and where they've been. An economic calendar will keep you alert to upcoming events and statistics, many of them from U.S. government agencies, that could move the markets and affect your personal financial decisions.
Below are links to the most-recent Moneytalks magazine plus an archive of articles dating back at least one year. Questions? Comments? Please email Interest.com's editorial staff at edit@interest.com. We'd love to hear from you.
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Weekly mortgage rate update for 6-02-06
Mortgage rates tick back up, Worries that the Federal Reserve will have to keep raising interest rates to fight inflation drove the prices of U.S. Treasury bonds down this week. But Friday's weak employment report sent them soaring., ..
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| Article XML Feed | | - Friday, June 02, 2006 |
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Weekly Mortgage Rate Update for 5-26-06
Mortgage rates edge downward, Mortgage rates edged downward this week as investors sold stocks and put their money in risk-free U.S. Treasury securities. Bond prices rose and yields, which move in the opposite direction of prices, fell. Investors fled equities in domestic and for..
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| Article XML Feed | | - Tuesday, May 30, 2006 |
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Weekly mortgage rate update for 5-19-06
Mortgage rates remain steady, Just when yields on U.S. Treasury securities were on their way down, signs of inflation in the April consumer price index, or CPI, set off alarms and sent Treasury yields, which move in the opposite direction of prices, soaring. Mortgage rates, which..
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| Article XML Feed | | - Friday, May 19, 2006 |
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Weekly mortgage rate update for 5-12-06
Mortgage rates dip then rise, The Fed disappointed the U.S. Treasury markets, which rallied prior to the decision on interest rates on the hope that a pause in the rate-hike program would be forthcoming. Instead, the Fed left the door open for more increases. Earlier gains were e..
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| Article XML Feed | | - Monday, May 15, 2006 |
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Weekly mortgage rate update for 5-05-06
Mortgage rates march higher, A slew of economic reports pointing to dynamic economic growth and a revised take on the Fed's intention to pause its rate hike program ignited strong selling in U.S. Treasury securities. This sent bond prices plummeting and yields, which move in..
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| Article XML Feed | | - Friday, May 05, 2006 |
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Weekly mortgage rate update for 4-28-06
Mortgage rates remain at high levels, After a promising start to the week, demand for U.S. Treasury securities soured as bullish economic reports stoked fears that the Fed would continue to raise short-term interest rates beyond its May 10 meeting., ..
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| Article XML Feed | | - Monday, May 01, 2006 |
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Weekly mortgage rate update for 4-21-06
Mortgage rates edge higher, The yield on the benchmark 10-year note fell below 5 percent on signs of benign inflation and positive news from the Fed. But the good news was short-lived and Treasury yields and mortgage rates, which move in sync with yields, began to creep up agai..
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| Article XML Feed | | - Tuesday, April 25, 2006 |
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Weekly mortgage rate update for 4-07-06
Mortgage rates jump, It was a volatile week in U.S. Treasury securities, with traders selling on some headlines and buying on other news. But they ended the week selling due a strong jobs report. Signs of economic strength not only in the U.S., but also in Europe and Ja..
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| Article XML Feed | | - Friday, April 07, 2006 |
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Weekly mortgage rate update for 3-31-06
Mortgage rates begin to climb, Another Fed rate hike with more to follow and signs of inflation in the gross domestic product stoked a firestorm of selling in bonds. Traders unloaded U.S. Treasury securities, sending prices plunging and yields, which move in the opposite directio..
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| Article XML Feed | | - Monday, April 03, 2006 |
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Weekly mortgage rate update for 3-24-06
Mortgage rates unchanged, Mixed economic news -- more bad than good for bonds -- sent prices of U.S. Treasury securities down and yields, which move in the opposite direction, up. But a couple of rebounds allowed Treasuries to make up losses. The bottom line: Yields, which mo..
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| Article XML Feed | | - Friday, March 24, 2006 |
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Weekly mortgage rate update for 3-17-06
Mortgage rates remain steady, Inflation expectations moderated thanks to key economic indicators that pointed to easing price pressures. Buying in U.S. Treasury securities turned aggressive, sending prices up and yields, which move in the opposite direction, down. Bond traders fe..
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| Article XML Feed | | - Friday, March 17, 2006 |
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Weekly mortgage rate update for 3-10-06
Mortgage rates on the rise, U.S. Treasury securities navigated some choppy waters over the past several days, forcing mortgage rates up on virtually all products. Heavy selling in Treasuries was ignited by fear that increases in global interest rates would draw funds from the d..
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| Article XML Feed | | - Friday, March 10, 2006 |
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Weekly mortgage rate update for 3-03-06
Mortgage rates poised to rise, Solid economic reports and troublesome news from the euro zone resulted in more selling than buying in U.S. Treasury securities. In fact, aggressive selling on Thursday and Friday sent the yield on the benchmark 10-year note to its highest level in a..
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| Article XML Feed | | - Friday, March 03, 2006 |
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Weekly mortgage rate update for 2-24-06
Good news, bad news -- mortgage rates steady, Traders in U.S. Treasury securities found reasons to both buy and sell, but in the end, mortgage rates -- which move in tandem with Treasury yields -- held close to recent levels. The holiday-shortened week offered little economic news, but a key eco..
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| Article XML Feed | | - Friday, February 24, 2006 |
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Weekly mortgage rate update for 2-17-06
Mortgage rates creep up, Mortgage rates and yields on U.S. Treasury securities edged higher this week due to concerns about interest-rate hikes, inflation and some over-the-top economic news. Apprehen-sion regarding the monetary policies of newly appointed Fed chief Ben Bern..
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| Article XML Feed | | - Friday, February 17, 2006 |
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