Treasury Yield Curve Flattens as 10-Year Yield Falls, Short-Term Yields Stay Put: Fed’s Pivot to Wait-and-See in Inflationary Times. But Mortgage Rates Stay Near 7%

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Treasury Yield Curve Flattens as 10-Year Yield Falls, Short-Term Yields Stay Put: Fed’s Pivot to Wait-and-See in Inflationary Times. But Mortgage Rates Stay Near 7%

Long-term yields matter more to the economy than the Fed’s short-term policy rates; hence the efforts to push them down. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. The 10-year Treasury yield dropped by 8 basis points on Friday, to 4.43%, perhaps inspired by iffy feelings elsewhere as stocks careened lower and investors sought safety. Since January 10, the 10-year yield has now given up 34 basis points of that 114-basis-point spike that it had experienced …