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Money Market Interest Rates and Mortgage Rates, 2003–2006

Type 2003 2004 2005 2006
Federal funds, effective rate 1.13% 1.35% 3.22% 4.97%
Prime rate charged by banks 4.12 4.34 6.19 7.96
Discount rate1 2.12 2.34 4.19 5.96
Eurodollar deposits, 3-month 1.14 1.55 3.51 5.19
Large negotiable CDs:        
 3-month, secondary market 1.15 1.57 3.51 5.16
 6-month, secondary market 1.17 1.74 3.73 5.24
Taxable money market funds2 0.64 0.82 2.66 4.51
Tax-exempt money market funds2 0.53 0.66 1.87 2.90
Certificates of deposits (CDs):3        
 6-month 1.02 1.14 2.37 3.29
 1-year 1.20 1.45 2.77 3.64
 21/2-year 1.77 2.21 3.18 3.75
 5-year 2.93 3.34 3.75 4.02
U.S. Government securities:        
 Secondary market:4        
  3-month Treasury bill 1.01 1.37 3.15 4.73
  6-month Treasury bill 1.05 1.58 3.39 4.81
 Auction average:5        
  3-month Treasury bill 1.02 1.38 3.16 4.73
Home mortgages:        
 New-home mortgage yields6 5.80 5.77 5.94 6.60
 Conventional, 15-yr. fixed3 5.25 5.23 5.50 6.13
 Conventional, 30-yr. fixed3 5.89 5.86 5.93 6.47
NOTE: n.a. = not available.
1. Rate for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
2. 12-month return for period ending Dec. 31. Source: iMoneyNet, Inc., Westborough, Mass., Money Market Insight, monthly. Web: www.imoneynet.com .
3. Annual averages. Source: Bankrate, Inc., North Palm Beach, Fla., Bank Rate Monitor, weekly.
4. Averages based on daily closing bid yields in secondary market, bank discount basis.
5. Averages computed on an issue-date basis; bank discount basis. Source: U.S. Council of Economic Advisors, Economic Indicators, monthly.
6. Effective rate (in the primary market) on conventional mortgages, reflecting fees and charges as well as contract rate and assumed, on the average, repayment at end of ten years. Source: U.S. Federal Housing Finance Board, Rates & Terms on Conventional Home Mortgages, Annual Summary.
Source: Except as noted, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Reserve Bulletin, monthly. From Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2008.

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