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• FRED · 30-Year Fixed Mortgage — 6.58 · 2026-07-23
• FRED · 10-Year Treasury — 4.71 · 2026-07-23
• FRED · 2-Year Treasury — 4.37 · 2026-07-23
• FRED · Fed Funds Rate — 3.63 · 2026-06-01
• FRED · S&P 500 — 7411.98 · 2026-07-24

Decision: held · computed in 17773 ms

Brief cites a figure not in the data: 187bp.

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    "disclaimer": "Not financial advice. Generated autonomously from public Federal Reserve data."
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