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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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Mortgage Rate Update for Week Ending 03/25/05
Fed Comments Send Mortgage Rates Up, It was a tough week for U.S. Treasuries, and as a result mortgage rates climbed. As expected, the Federal Reserve on Tuesday signaled a 25-basis-point hike in short-term interest rates, but it was the Fed's concern about inflation in the accompan..
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| Article XML Feed | | - Monday, March 28, 2005 |
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Mortgage Rate Update for Week Ending 03/18/05
Mortgage Rates Continue to Climb, The Treasury markets have been choppy, with yields rising one day and falling the next. Bond-friendly economic news spurred buying that sent U.S. Treasury prices up and yields, which move in the opposite direction of prices, down. Worrisome reports h..
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| Article XML Feed | | - Friday, March 18, 2005 |
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Mortgage Rate Update for Week Ending 03/11/05
Mortgage Rates on the Move, Fear of inflation swept through the bond markets and took its toll on the benchmark 10-year note that lenders use to set mortgage rates. Frantic selling of U.S. Treasury securities, which have their value eroded by inflation, sent prices diving and y..
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| Article XML Feed | | - Friday, March 18, 2005 |
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Mortgage Rate Update for Week Ending 03/04/05
Mortgage Rates Climb, Mortgage rates have been inching their way up for a couple of weeks, but the progression has been slow. Things changed, however, when a report suggesting inflation might be on the rise was released and rampant selling in U.S. Treasuries took hold. B..
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| Article XML Feed | | - Tuesday, March 08, 2005 |
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Mortgage Rate update for Week Ending 02/25/05
Mortgage Rates Revisit January Levels, Rising oil prices, fear of inflation and concerns about the selling of U.S. Treasuries by foreign banks put pressure on government issues. Heavy selling of Treasuries sent prices down and yields, which move in the opposite direction of prices, back u..
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| Article XML Feed | | - Tuesday, March 08, 2005 |
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Mortgage Rate Update for Week Ending 02/18/05
Mortgage Rates Creep Back Up , A slew of upbeat economic indicators and Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan's testimony before Congress ignited steady selling in U.S. Treasury securities. Prices fell and yields, which move in the opposite direction of prices, headed up. The positive e..
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| Article XML Feed | | - Tuesday, March 08, 2005 |
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Mortgage Rate Update for Week Ending 02/11/05
Active Buying in Treasuries Keeps Mortgage Rates Low, It's been a good week for U.S. Treasury securities and a great week for mortgage rates - many of which have edged down. Momentum from the weaker-than-expected January employment report carried over into the week of Feb. 7, sending Treasuries pric..
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| Article XML Feed | | - Friday, February 11, 2005 |
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Mortgage Rate Update for Week Ending 02/04/05
Mortgage Rates Fall Then Rebound on Data, Fed , Mortgage rates dipped early in the week only to rebound in the wake of a batch of economic reports and the Fed's expected rate hike. The release of weaker-than-expected fourth-quarter Gross Domestic Product data spurred aggressive buying in U.S. ..
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| Article XML Feed | | - Friday, February 04, 2005 |
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Mortgage Rate Update for Week Ending 01/21/05
Upbeat economic indicators, a low reading on inflation, and confidence that the Fed will raise rates at a “measured” - not vigorous - pace, kept buying in long-term U.S. Treasuries steady. The shorter-dated issues struggled, as they are most affectedEconomic news was headed by the consumer price index (CPI), which checks for inflation at the retail level. Due to a decline in energy prices, December CPI was down 0.1 percent and the core rate, which eliminates volatile food and energy prices, rose..
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| Article XML Feed | | - Friday, February 04, 2005 |
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Mortgage Rate Update for Week Ending 01/14/05
Mortgage Rates Remain on Track, After two weeks of volatility, fixed-rate mortgage rates have settled back into the comfortable groove they have been in since September, but some adjustable rates remain a bit higher. U.S. Treasuries benefited from safe-haven buying as Wall Street w..
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| Article XML Feed | | - Friday, February 04, 2005 |
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Mortgage Rate Update for Week ending 01/07/05
Mortgage Rates Rise on Inflation Fears Then Fall, Fears of inflation, brought about by the minutes from the December 14 meeting of the Fed, put extra pressure on U.S. Treasuries. The Fed stated that while risks of inflation are balanced for now, officials are concerned about higher prices in the fut..
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| Article XML Feed | | - Friday, February 04, 2005 |
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Mortgage Rate Update for Week Ending 12/31/04
Mortgage Rates Volatile as Year Comes to a Close, Volatility has been the watchword in the U.S. Treasury market. Light volume has resulted in small trades making big waves. Big moves in oil prices, and upward and downward leaps in economic reports have sent prices and therefore yields, which move in..
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| Article XML Feed | | - Monday, January 03, 2005 |
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Mortgage Rate Update for Week Ending 12/24/04
Mortgage Rates Stay Close to Unchanged, For a week that was supposed to be slow and low-volume, there was a lot of activity in the bond markets. Traders took profits after what turned out to be a better-than-expected year. Selling of short-term issues was the heaviest because they are more..
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| Article XML Feed | | - Thursday, December 23, 2004 |
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Mortgage Rate Update for Week Ending 12/17/04
Mortgage Rates Remain Low for Now, U.S. Treasuries rallied on, keeping mortgage rates at attractive levels. To no one's surprise, the Fed's announcement on interest rates was the main influence on bonds and it was friendly. Although short-term interest rates were hiked by the ..
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| Article XML Feed | | - Friday, December 17, 2004 |
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Mortgage Rate Update for Week Ending 12/10/04
Mortgage Rates Retreat to Previous Levels, All things considered, it's been a good week for mortgages. The weak November employment report released December 3 rallied U.S. Treasury securities, sending yields, which move in the opposite direction of prices, plummeting from four-month highs..
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