By Daily Crux Editor Brian Hunt:
One of the government's biggest nightmares is coming true. Mortgage rates are shooting higher. As the WSJ reports:
The average rate for 30-year fixed-rate loans jumped to 5.44% on Thursday, the highest level since early February, according to a survey by HSH Associates, a financial publisher. That was up from 5.29% Wednesday and 5.03% Tuesday.
Higher mortgage rates will suffocate housing activity... which will suffocate the economy... which will make hash out of Obama's socialist economic plans... which will result in more money printing. Make sure you own plenty of gold...
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More on the dangerous interest rate situation:
Obama tells nation "We are out of money"
U.S. Treasury bonds suffer massive selloff
Warren Buffett says get ready for inflation...
Investment legend Marc Faber "100% sure that the U.S. will go into hyper inflation"