Tag Archives: 10-year treasury bond yields

Why Is The 10-Year U.S. Treasury Yield Still Sub-3%?

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The two-pronged Federal Reserve mandate is to control inflation within a pre-determined range and maximize U.S. employment! And from all observations the economy is fulfilling both with the unemployment rate reported July 2018 at 3.9% and the July CPI rising .2% with an annual increase in the core rate of 2.4%. If the economy is […]

Predicting The Weather, Mortgage Rates, Commodity Prices Or Most Anything Else Is Not For The Faint Of Heart!

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When it comes to forecasting the majority of things, the art of prediction is not an endeavor consistently done well by most who attempt it! For anyone who has listened to economists forecast data releases and future GDP growth or meteorologists forecast this weekends weather, we know that they are typically wrong as often as […]