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Treasuries extend drop as pressures build on longer-dated debt

Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg Treasuries slipped across the curve Tuesday, pushing yields two to four basis points higher and the 30 year approaching 5% for the first time since May.  Yields have been rising as investors pare bets on the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate cuts following a jobs report that revealed a surprisingly resilient US labor market. Interest-rate […]

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Fannie, Freddie add VantageScore, keep tri-merge

The conservator and regulator of two influential government-related mortgage investors has announced a credit score other than FICO’s “classic” metric can be used when submitting loans to them. Effective immediately, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will allow lenders to use VantageScore 4.0, Bill Pulte said in an X post referencing one of two advanced credit

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