From the FINANCIAL TIMES:
Mortgage delinquencies have risen in nearly all US congressional districts from the levels of the last election, highlighting the political pressure on US policymakers as they gather in Washington on Tuesday to tackle the housing crisis.
Tim Geithner, Treasury secretary, and Shaun Donovan, housing secretary, are meeting investors, bankers and public policy experts to discuss housing finance. Investors continue to shun private-sector mortgages, with most new home loans now financed through Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the agencies taken over by the government in 2008.
Investors on Monday signaled growing concerns about the US economy, pushing bond yields down to the lowest levels since the height of the crisis. Ten-year Treasury yields dropped 9 basis points to 2.60 per cent, the lowest level since March 2009. Seven-year Treasury yields fell to a record low of 1.98 per cent…
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