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		<title>The Day Ahead: Bond Markets Rally In Early Trading</title>
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		<dc:creator>Patrick McGee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Posted To: <a href="/mortgage_rates/blog/">MBS Commentary</a></p>The bellwether 10-year Treasury remained stable at 3.62% on Wednesday. Overnight it firmed one basis point to 3.61%. The two-year note currently yields 0.84% and the 30-year offers 4.67%. Equity futures offer no direction this morning while the market ignores developments in Bahrain and Libya and looks forward to fresh data on inflation, the labor market, and a series of outlooks from Federal Reserve officials including chairman Ben Bernanke. S&#38;P 500 futures are down 0.8 points from a 32-month high to 1,332.20, while Dow futures are trading 2 points lower at 12,250. The S&#38;P 500 has roughly doubled for its March 2009 low, but remains 17% below its all-time high in October 2007, say economists at BMO Capital Markets. Commodity prices are mixed. Light crude oil is 0.34% down at $84.70...(<a href="http://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com/mortgage_rates/blog/199419.aspx">read more</a>)<p><div style="background-color:#D4EDC9;border:1px solid #BDD4B3;padding:3px 5px 3px 6px;color:#000000;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><strong>Forward this article via email:</strong>&#160;&#160;<a href="http://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com/channels/199419/3/forward.aspx">Send a copy of this story</a> to someone you know that may want to read it.</div></p><img src="http://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=199419" width="1" height="1">]]></description>
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<p>The bellwether 10-year Treasury remained stable at 3.62% on Wednesday. Overnight it firmed one basis point to 3.61%. The two-year note currently yields 0.84% and the 30-year offers 4.67%. Equity futures offer no direction this morning while the market ignores developments in Bahrain and Libya and looks forward to fresh data on inflation, the labor market, and a series of outlooks from Federal Reserve officials including chairman Ben Bernanke. S&amp;P 500 futures are down 0.8 points from a 32-month high to 1,332.20, while Dow futures are trading 2 points lower at 12,250. The S&amp;P 500 has roughly doubled for its March 2009 low, but remains 17% below its all-time high in October 2007, say economists at BMO Capital Markets. Commodity prices are mixed. Light crude oil is 0.34% down at $84.70&#8230;(<a href="http://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com/mortgage_rates/blog/199419.aspx">read more</a>)
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