clarinews@clarinet.com (02/02/90)
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Federal funds rate 8.24 8.26 9.03
91-day Treasury bills 8.02 8.01 8.36
182-day Treasury bills 8.12 8.13 8.42
1-year Treasury bills 8.09 8.09 8.36
3-year Treasury notes 8.35 8.33 9.10
7-year Treasury notes 8.38 8.38 9.01
30-year Treasury bond--(new) 8.53 8.45 8.82
10-year US West Corp --(new) 8.46 8.96 9.83
30-year Bell Telephone bond 9.49 9.49 9.77
GNMA 8.5 15-year mortgage 9.20 9.25 9.78
GNMA 8 30-year mortgage 9.30 9.30 9.79
FNMA 8.5 30-year mortgage 9.43 9.45 9.74
Freddie Mac30-year mortgage 9.41 9.43 9.71
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Quotations are representative of all sectors and maturities of the
credit markets: Treasuries; top-rated corporates as represented by
telephone issues; quality municipal AA- and A-rated bonds and the
increasingly important government-backed mortgage bonds.
Municipal General Obligation year-ago yields are weekly averages.
Government mortgage yields are corporate bond equivalents.