Imagine for a moment that you’re the Fed. You own all of these mortgages. You want to get out of them. You also want to increase interest rates. Aren’t you chasing your own tail recognizing that bond prices decline as rates go up?
The Fed can fight this battle in the press but they can’t ignore the natural law of bonds.
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