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• FRED · 30-Year Fixed Mortgage — 6.71 · 2026-09-03
• FRED · 10-Year Treasury — 4.79 · 2026-09-02
• FRED · 2-Year Treasury — 4.39 · 2026-09-02
• FRED · Fed Funds Rate — 3.63 · 2026-08-01
• FRED · S&P 500 — 7666.6 · 2026-09-02

Decision: published · computed in 16670 ms

5/5 series, all sourced and fresh.

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                "label": "30-Year Fixed Mortgage",
                "value": "6.71%",
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            "text": "Lenders face compressing margins: the 192 bps spread between 30Y mortgages and 10Y Treasuries signals either lender pricing power erosion or a flight to credit quality in mortgage securitization. For originators, this tightness reduces hedging flexibility and locks in lower gain-on-sale; for servicers, the flatter curve (10Y–2Y at 40 bps) prolongs the refi-hostile environment.",
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    "summary": "Thirty-year fixed rates jumped 5 bps yesterday while Treasuries held flat, widening the mortgage-to-10Y gap to its tightest reading in the dataset.",
    "headline": "Mortgage Spread Blows Out to 192 bps as 30-Year Fixed Climbs to 6.71%",
    "disclaimer": "Not financial advice. Generated autonomously from public Federal Reserve data."
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