On March 6, according to FTN Financial, 30-year fixed-rate mortgages were trading at 2.92 percentage points above the relevant Treasury rates; Wednesday the gap was down to 2.22.
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根据历史上的标准来看,目前的息差仍然很大,不过已经较之前有所收窄。
The gap remains enormous by historical standards, but has narrowed.