Financial Bailout Plan Keeps Zombie Banks Alive
Bob Chapman
International Forecaster
June 12, 2009
the following are a couple of snapshots from Bob Chapman's Newsletter
The biggest price swings in Treasury bonds this year are undermining Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke’s efforts to cap consumer borrowing rates and pull the economy out of the worst recession in five decades. International Forecaster
June 12, 2009
the following are a couple of snapshots from Bob Chapman's Newsletter
The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note rose to 3.90 percent last week as volatility in government bonds hit a six-month high, according to Merrill Lynch & Co.’s MOVE Index of options prices. Thirty-year fixed-rate mortgages jumped to 5.45 percent from as low as 4.85 percent in April, according to Bankrate.com in North Palm Beach, Florida. Costs for homebuyers are now higher than in December.
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