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Scott Bessent: “The spread between the treasury bond and the mortgage rate…”

Featuring: Scott Bessent, Republican | Secretary of the Treasury | National

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Published | Video Starts at 06:34

The Fed, subsequent to, I believe the appearance you were talking about, it was lowered rates twice. The 10 year yield is down. And importantly, as maybe Director Pulte mentioned, The spread between the treasury bond and the mortgage rate has compressed. So that is helpful. We saw the affordability or the amount of income needed to buy the average house come down about 4%. And nationally we're seeing rents come down. (06:34–06:42)

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