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Everyone Is Suddenly Worried About This U.S. Mortgage-Bond Whale

  • Fed holds $1.75 trillion of MBS from quantative-easing program
  • Comments spur talk Fed may start drawdown as soon as this year

How Likely Is a March Rate Hike?

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Almost a decade after it all began, the Federal Reserve is finally talking about unwinding its grand experiment in monetary policy.

And when it happens, the knock-on effects in the bond market could pose a threat to the U.S. housing recovery.