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Will borrowing get more expensive for consumers as the economy recovers?

by Amy Scott
Mar 5, 2021
Interest rates on 30-year mortgages have started climbing.
This week, Freddie Mac said the average interest rate for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage climbed above 3% for the first time since July.
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Market reactions to Georgia runoff results — and what they say about the future

by David Brancaccio , Meredith Garretson , Erika Soderstrom and Alex Schroeder
Jan 6, 2021
Built in to market moves Wednesday morning are predictions about government spending, antitrust scrutiny and more.
Democrat Raphael Warnock speaks at his Labor Canvass Launch at IBEW Local 613 on Jan. 5, 2021 in Marietta, Ga.
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Germany is in negative territory

by Tracey Samuelson
Jul 13, 2016
For the first time, a Eurozone country issues negative-yield bonds. Who buys them?
Germany's 10-year treasury bond yield dipped below zero yesterday. 
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