Wednesday, December 21, 2016

The post-election interest rate spike isn't signaling a recession -- yet


 - by New Deal democrat

This post is up over at XE.com .

XE is currently having a problem posting images.  So here are the three images that go with that post:

Treasury yields vs. 30 year mortgage rates:



Mortgage rates (inverted) vs. housing permits since the Great Recession:



Morrtgage rates (inverted) vs. housing permits in the 1970s and 1980s: