Fed focuses on consumer, corporate loan rate spreads

By: Craig Torres Bloomberg News January 12, 2009

Federal Reserve officials are focused on driving down the spreads between U.S. Treasury yields and consumer and corporate loans, after cutting the main interest rate to almost zero failed to revive lending. Credit costs for households and businesses haven't followed yields on government debt lower. Fifteen-year fixed-rate mortgages were at 5.06 percent last week, 2.59 percentage ...

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Fed focuses on consumer, corporate loan rate spreads

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