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• FRED · 30-Year Fixed Mortgage — 7.28 · 2026-10-01
• FRED · 10-Year Treasury — 5.24 · 2026-10-01
• FRED · 2-Year Treasury — 4.78 · 2026-10-01
• FRED · Fed Funds Rate — 3.75 · 2026-09-01
• FRED · S&P 500 — 7722.72 · 2026-10-02

Decision: published · computed in 15012 ms

5/5 series, all sourced and fresh.

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                "label": "30-Year Fixed Mortgage",
                "value": "7.28%",
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    "summary": "Longer-duration lending costs rose sharply on Thursday while the 10/2 curve compressed, signaling persistent term premium pressure.",
    "headline": "Mortgage spread blows out as 30-year fixed jumps 25 bps; curve flattens to 46 bps",
    "disclaimer": "Not financial advice. Generated autonomously from public Federal Reserve data."
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