Chart : Comparing The Fed Funds Rate To 30-Year Fixed Mortgage Rates

Since 2000, the spread between the Fed Funds Rate and the 30-year fixed rate mortgage has been as narrow as 1 percent and as wide as 5 percent. There was even a period in the 1970s and 1980s where the spread was negative; where mortgage rates were lower than the Fed Funds Rate.

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