The chart below shows market forecasts for short-term rates (3 month LIBOR ) over the next three years based on EuroDollar futures contrac...

David Leonhardt at NY Times Economix (hat tip Calculated Risk ) discusses the relationship between mortgage rates and housing prices: Anyon...

In recent weeks, a number of investors I respect have commented that Treasuries are rich and should be avoided (or even outright shorted). R...

This post will hopefully explain Paul Krugman 's great interpretation of the yield curve... it's caused by the zero bound on the fro...

The Fed raised the Discount rate (not the Fed Funds rate) to 0.75% per Calculated Risk . Just to be clear, this is the discount rate (this i...

Bloomberg reports: The Bank of England cut the benchmark interest rate to the lowest since the central bank was founded in 1694 as policy m...

This is an update of a previous post (for full details of the technical factors go to that link ). Across the Curve details: Swap spreads ...

England cut rates a full 100 bps. According to the Bank of England this was done The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee today vote...

Bloomberg reports: The difference between the two-year swap rate and the benchmark Treasury note yield, known as the swap spread, narrowed ...

Per Bloomberg : The Bank of England unexpectedly cut the benchmark interest rate by 1.5 percentage points to the lowest since 1955 as policy...

Per Across the Curve : Three month libor has plummeted 36 basis points to 4.02 percent this morning. My money market correspondent thinks th...

Per Paul Krugman : Stock prices are, however, the least of our worries. The money markets are frozen; the TED spread is 4.14%. G7 meeting to...

The cost of borrowing for investment grade corporations has skyrocketed in recent months to a whopping 6% above the Fed Funds rate. Will th...

Source: Jim Bianco of Bianco Research via Naked Cap italism .

Why Low Rates in the U.S. Haven't Impacted Inflation Yves pointed out at Naked Capitalism : Yes, negative real interest rates normally l...

Per Dealbreaker : Will the government's bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac wipe out holders of their preferred stock and subordinated...

Interesting take on this over at Naked Capitalism