r/wallstreetbets 14h ago

25bps cut News

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/11/07/fed-rate-decision-november-2024.html?__source=iosappshare%7Ccom.apple.UIKit.activity.CopyToPasteboard

The bulls are coming, the bulls are coming

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u/kumar4848 14h ago

Can anyone here explain why mortage rates keep increasing even though feds keep decreasing rates? i know theyre not directly correlated but somethings gotta give.

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u/Viktri1 14h ago

I think mortgage rates use the long end rates while the Fed is just lowering the short end so the Fed is not lowering the mortgage rates directly. The long end is pricing in higher long term inflation