A | Major housing industry groups voiced "profound concern" in a letter this week urging the Federal Reserve to stop raising interest rates.The rare public admonishment from top business advocates -- including the National Association of Realtors and the National Association of Home Builders -- underscores a dramatic slowdown in the housing market due in large part to rising interest rates.The letter arrives roughly three weeks before the Fed plans to make its latest rate-hike decision.Mortgage rates have reached their highest level in more than two decades and they have continued to rise. Data released on Thursday showed that mortgage rates increased for the fifth consecutive week, according to Freddie Mac."The speed and magnitude of these [mortgage] rate increases, and resulting dislocation in our industry, is painful and unprecedented," the letter from the housing groups said.Here's what to know about why real estate groups called on the Fed to stop raising rates:
What's happening in the housing market?
Sky-high mortgage rates have dramatically slowed the housing market, since homebuyers have balked at stiff borrowing costs and home sellers have opted to stay on mortgages that lock them into relatively low rates.Mortgage applications have fallen to their lowest level since 1996, the Mortgage Brokers Association said earlier this month.Sales of previously owned homes, meanwhile, have plummeted more than 15% compared to a year ago, the National Association of Realtors found in August.The slowdown has coincided with a sharp rise in costs for potential homebuyers.The average interest rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage has climbed to nearly 7.6%, Freddie Mac data shows.When the Fed initiated the rise of bond yields with its first rate hike of the current series in March 2022, the average 30-year fixed mortgage stood at just 4.45%.Each percentage point increase in a mortgage rate can add thousands or tens of thousands in additional costs each year, depending on the price of the house, according to Rocket Mortgage.
What role is the Federal Reserve playing in the housing market slowdown?
An aggressive series of interest rate hikes at the Federal Reserve since last year has pushed up the 10-year Treasury yield, which loosely tracks with long-term mortgage rates.The Fed has fought elevated inflation with borrowing cost increases as it tries to slash price hikes by slowing the economy and choking off demand.While inflation has fallen significantly from a peak of about 9% last summer, price increases remain more than a percentage point higher than the Fed's inflation target.Price increases held steady in September, fresh data on Thursday showed, suggesting that elevated inflation remains resistant to the interest rate hikes.The persistence of elevated inflation has prompted the Fed to espouse a policy of holding interest rates at high levels for a prolonged period, which in turn has increased the 10-year Treasury yield and put upward pressure on mortgage rates.Moreover, the Fed expects to raise rates one more time this year, according to projections released last month.Speaking at a press conference in Washington, D.C., last month, Fed Chair Jerome Powell acknowledged the continued effect of interest rates on mortgages, noting that activity in the housing market "remains well below levels of a year ago, largely reflecting higher mortgage rates."
What do the housing industry groups want the Fed to do?
Housing industry advocates want the Fed to take swift actions that reassure investors and other market participants of an end to the policies cooling the industry.Most notably, the industry groups want the central bank to release a statement saying that it has abandoned consideration of additional rate hikes.In their letter to Fed officials, the housing groups cautioned that a further slowdown in real estate could help tip the U.S. economy into a recession, scuttling the central bank's effort to achieve a "soft landing.""We urge the Fed to take these simple steps to ensure that this sector does not precipitate the hard landing the Fed has tried so hard to avoid," the letter said.。
B | 杨德龙对此分析,8月美国消费者价格指数CPI同比涨幅回落至8.3%,7月份数据为8.5%,通胀水平虽然再次回落,但是仍然处于历史高位,回落幅度不大。
C | 环比来看,8月CPI增值0.1%,而剔除食品和能源成分的核心CPI环比涨0.6%,同比涨6.3%,这说明美联储虽然今年四次加息,加息斜率历史上罕见,但是仍然没有真正的将通胀降下来。“下周三美联储将举行9月份联邦公开市场委员会(FOMC)货币政策会议,这次公布的通胀数据是会前披露的最后一份重要数据。市场预期美联储将继续大幅加息75个基点来抑制通胀,并且未来或将继续维持激进紧缩政策,这对于股市来说是不利的。美股结束四连阳出现大幅杀跌,即反映了这样的预期。”杨德龙说。他指出,美联储制定的长期中性目标通胀率为2%,现在离2%还有很远的距离。
D | 经过3月、5月、6月、7月4次加息,包括6月和7月连续两次大幅加息75个基点,联邦基准利率目前已经提高到2.25%到2.5%,9月份如果再次加息75个基点,联邦基准利率将提升到3%以上。这无疑对美国经济增长也会形成比较明显的影响,造成经济增速下滑,陷入滞胀,即经济停滞通货膨胀的状态。
E | 通胀无牛市,也意味着美股今年以来的表现应该不会太好。
F | “隔夜美股惨遭血洗,道指狂泻约1000点,反映出投资者对于通胀居高不下的担忧。美元指数应声大涨,突破109。短期国债收益率飙升,两年期国债收益率一度飙升12个基点至3.69%,这些都反映出市场对于美联储加息的预期越来越强烈。
G | ”杨德龙表示,相对而言,我国当前通胀水平不高,一直控制在3%以内的良性通胀水平,这也为我国货币政策保持独立性提供了一定的基础。杨德龙分析称,美联储大幅加息使得美元指数飙升,而非美货币出现贬值。
H | 人民币汇率在隔夜也一度逼近7.0指数关口,这一定程度上压缩了央行宽松货币政策的空间。中美货币政策偏差是人民币汇率出现短期贬值的一个重要因素,预计在稳增长的政策目标之下,年底之前央行还是以较为宽松的货币政策为主,但是再次降息的可能性已经减小,更多的可能会通过实施公开市场操作来释放流动性。返回搜狐,查看更多责任编辑:
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