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Odd Lots — Why Mortgage Rates Went Up After the Fed's Big Cut
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Why Mortgage Rates Went Up After the Fed's Big Cut

Odd Lots

On September 18, the Federal Reserve kicked off the cutting cycle by reducing overnight rates by 50 basis points. Since then, mortgage rates have gone higher. This is not obviously an intuitive thing to happen. The point of a rate cut is to stimulate the economy by reducing the cost to borrow. And people generally…

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