15 days ago · United States
The Fed's long-term interest rate problem

What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a politics story. Axios is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to United States. The first report grouped here was at 1 Oct 2026, 16:48 UTC. The headline in use is “The Fed's long-term interest rate problem”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
The relentless rise in long-term interest rates is starting to have effects on more parts of the economy, Kansas City Fed president Jeff Schmid told Axios Thursday. "You're starting to see some friction in some of the long-market users of credit," he said, pointing to multifamily housing and commercial lending.
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