Economic Time Series Affecting Interest Rates

These first charts, updated every week, show the current cycle of the net yield required by Fannie Mae and a longer term view of the same 30 day mandatory net yield required by Fannie Mae and the 1 year T-Bill.

Last updated June 2, 1999

This is a chart of the Consumer Confidence Index released monthly by the Conference Board. This chart includes the May 1999 index.

This is a chart of Retail Sales released monthly by the Commerce Department. This chart includes April 1999.

This is a chart of seasonally adjusted initial claims for state unemployment insurance. The chart includes claims for the week ended May 27, 1999. The second chart has number of people receiving benefits for week ended May 22, 1999.

This is a chart of the U. S. unemployment rate. The chart includes the rate through April 1999.

This is a series of charts illustrating the current strength or weakness in the U. S. single-family housing market.

U. S. Housing Starts through April 1999.

U. S. Housing Permits issued through April 1999.

Sales of New One-Family Houses, includes April of 1999.

Sales of existing housing through April 1999.

 

Monthly constant yield on U. S. Treasury 10 year bond, chart includes April 1999 (note: fixed interest rate mortgages tend to trade in a similiar pattern to this bond).

Monthly average net yield required by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation on mortgage purchases through April 1999.

Yield spread - Monthly U. S. Treasury 10 year constant yield minus the monthly average net yield required by the Federal Home Loan Mortgage corporation through April 1999.