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• FRED · 30-Year Fixed Mortgage — 6.76 · 2026-09-10
• FRED · 10-Year Treasury — 4.97 · 2026-09-14
• FRED · 2-Year Treasury — 4.65 · 2026-09-14
• FRED · Fed Funds Rate — 3.63 · 2026-08-01
• FRED · S&P 500 — 7619.98 · 2026-09-14

Decision: published · computed in 23870 ms

5/5 series, all sourced and fresh.

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                "label": "30-Year Fixed Mortgage",
                "value": "6.76%",
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    "summary": "The 30-year fixed mortgage climbed 5 bps to 6.76% while the 10-year Treasury rose only 1 bps, pushing the mortgage-Treasury spread to 179 bps.",
    "headline": "Mortgage-Treasury Spread Widens as 30-Year Fixed Ticks Higher",
    "disclaimer": "Not financial advice. Generated autonomously from public Federal Reserve data."
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