{
  "id": 1775629,
  "title": "30-year Treasury yield surges to a 19-year high, keeping mortgage rates stuck near 7%",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/30-year-treasury-yield-surges-to-a-19-year-high-keeping-mortgage",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-18T18:30:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Quartz",
    "slug": "quartz",
    "url": "https://qz.com/30-year-treasury-yield-19-year-high-mortgage-rates-081826"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The yield on the 30-year Treasury bond touched 5.323% on Tuesday, its highest level since 2007, as inflation and Middle East tensions weigh on bond markets",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}