More Resources

Key economic indicators and interest rates.

Mortgage Banking • August, 2008 • Vital Statistics

CONSUMER PRICES,

YEAR-OVER-YEAR

CHANGE (%)

CHANGE IN

PAYROLL UNEMPLOYMENT ALL ITEMS ALL ITEMS

EMPLOYMENT RATE LESS FOOD

(THOUSANDS) (%) AND ENERGY JUN-07 107 4.6 2.6 2.2 JUL-07 57 4.7 2.4 2.2 AUG-07 74 4.7 1.9 2.1 SEP-07 81 4.7 2.8 2.1 OCT-07 140 4.8 3.5 2.2 NOV-07 60 4.7 4.4 2.4 DEC-07 41 5.0 4.1 2.4 JAN-08 -76 4.9 4.4 2.5 FEB-08 -83 4.8 4.1 2.3 MAR-08 -88 5.1 4.0 2.4 APR-08 -67 5.0 3.9 2.3 MAY-08 -62 5.5 4.1 2.3 JUN-08 -62 5.5 4.9 2.4

MBA

MORTGAGE INTEREST

RATES (%)

30-YEAR FIXED 1-YEAR

TREASURY

ADJUSTABLE JUN-07 6.53 5.58 JUL-07 6.59 5.64 AUG-07 6.44 6.07 SEP-07 6.31 6.26 OCT-07 6.29 6.09 NOV-07 6.09 6.08 DEC-07 6.10 6.21 JAN-08 5.61 5.76 FEB-08 5.93 5.75 MAR-08 5.96 6.92 APR-08 5.89 6.97 MAY-08 5.95 6.76 JUN-08 6.38 7.08

YIELD ON U. S. TREASURY SECURITIES

AT CONSTANT MATURITY (%)

FEDERAL NONFINANCIAL

FUNDS RATE COMMERCIAL

PAPER (%)

(3-Month) 6-Month 1-Year 3-Year 10-Year JUN-07 5.25 5.23 4.76 4.96 5.00 5.10 JUL-07 5.26 5.22 4.83 4.96 4.82 5.00 AUG-07 5.02 5.25 4.38 4.47 4.34 4.67 SEP-07 4.94 4.92 4.05 4.14 4.06 4.52 OCT-07 4.76 4.63 4.01 4.10 4.01 4.53 NOV-07 4.49 4.42 3.46 3.50 3.35 4.15 DEC-07 4.24 4.23 3.23 3.26 3.13 4.10 JAN-08 3.94 3.25 2.75 2.71 2.51 3.74 FEB-08 2.98 2.72 2.04 2.05 2.19 3.74 MAR-08 2.61 2.35 1.48 1.54 1.80 3.51 APR-08 2.28 1.99 1.55 1.74 2.23 3.68 MAY-08 1.98 2.00 1.82 2.05 2.69 3.88 JUN-08 2.00 2.21 2.13 2.42 3.08 4.10


COPYRIGHT 2008 Mortgage Bankers Association of America Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further reproduction or distribution is prohibited without permission.
Copyright 2008 Gale, Cengage Learning. All rights reserved. Gale Group is a Thomson Corporation Company.
NOTE: All illustrations and photos have been removed from this article.


Browse by Journal Name:
Today on Entrepreneur
Related Video

e-Business & Technology
Franchise News
Business Book Sampler
Starting a Business
Sales & Marketing
Growing a Business
E-mail*:
Zip Code*: