Fed Will Likely Pause For 6th Straight Meeting (Mortgage Rates Are Already Up 161% Under Biden, MBS Returns Terrible!)

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by confoundedinterest17

The Fed will likely pause rate cuts/increases when The Fed reveals their plans today.

Breaking: Federal Reserve officials are likely to hold interest rates steady at 5.25-5.5%—a 20-year peak—for a 6th consecutive meeting.

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With inflation still high, rate cuts seem off the table for now.

Rate decision at 2pm Washington time.

The Street seems aligned.

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Conforming rates are already up 161% under Biden.

According to Fed Funds Futures, no rate changes until after the Presidential election.

MBS returns have been abysmal under Biden/Powell.


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