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“El rendimiento de los bonos del Tesoro de EE.UU. a 30 años alcanzó 5.49%, su nivel más alto desde 2004, mientras el bono a 10 años llegó a 5.23%, su máximo desde 2007, y las tasas hipotecarias fijas a 30 años ya promedian más del 7%”
Plain restatementIn late September 2026, the US 30-year Treasury yield reached about 5.49%, the highest level since 2004; the 10-year Treasury yield reached about 5.23%, the highest since 2007; and the Freddie Mac weekly average 30-year fixed mortgage rate is above 7% (the post's caption cites 7.03%, up from 6.95% the prior week and 6.30% a year earlier).
This post's three numbers hold up. Freddie Mac's own weekly survey put the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate at 7.03% as of 24 September 2026, up from 6.95% the previous week and 6.30% a year earlier, which is exactly what the caption says. The 30-year Treasury yield did reach about 5.50% on 24 September 2026 and as much as 5.53% the next day, described by CNBC and Bloomberg as the highest since 2004, and the 10-year reached about 5.22% to 5.23%, the highest since 2007. The one thing the post leaves out is that these bond figures are intraday peak readings rather than official closing levels: the 30-year closed at 5.47% on 24 September 2026 and the 10-year finished at 5.17% on 25 September 2026. That difference is a few hundredths of a percentage point and does not change the picture of yields at multi-decade highs. Because bond yields move every day and the post carries no date of its own, these figures are accurate as of 24 to 25 September 2026 and may not describe the market a week later. General information only, not financial advice.
[drifted from the evidence:] El rendimiento de los bonos del Tesoro de EE.UU. a 30 años alcanzó 5.49%, [drifted from the evidence:] su nivel más alto desde 2004, [drifted from the evidence:] mientras el bono a 10 años llegó a 5.23%, [drifted from the evidence:] su máximo desde 2007, [drifted from the evidence:] y las tasas hipotecarias fijas a 30 años ya promedian más del 7%
[added by the neutral restatement:] In late September 2026, the US 30-year Treasury yield reached about 5.49%, [added by the neutral restatement:] the highest level since 2004; [added by the neutral restatement:] the 10-year Treasury yield reached about 5.23%, [added by the neutral restatement:] the highest since 2007; [added by the neutral restatement:] and the Freddie Mac weekly average 30-year fixed mortgage rate is above 7% [added by the neutral restatement:] (the post's caption cites 7.03%, up from 6.95% the prior week and 6.30% a year earlier).
Red-tinted words in the claim drifted from the evidence. Green-tinted words are what a neutral restatement needs.
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- The 30-year Treasury yield did reach roughly 5.49% to 5.53% on 24 and 25 September 2026, and multiple outlets with market data report this as the highest level since 2004, specifically since June 2004.
- The 10-year Treasury yield did reach roughly 5.22% to 5.23% in the same two sessions, reported as the highest since 2007, specifically since June 2007.
- The mortgage figure is exact and matches the publisher of record: Freddie Mac's survey put the 30-year fixed average at 7.03% as of 24 September 2026, up from 6.95% the week before and 6.30% a year earlier.
- The caption's statement that not all loan rates automatically move at the same pace, and that it lists inflation, energy, growth and public-spending concerns as among the factors pressuring the bond market, matches how the cited reporting frames the move rather than asserting a single cause.
- The post presents 5.49% and 5.23% as the levels of the 30-year and 10-year without saying these are intraday peak prints. The official closing readings were lower, with the 30-year constant maturity at 5.47% on 24 September 2026 and the 10-year finishing 25 September 2026 at 5.17%. The gap is a few basis points and does not change the direction or the multiyear-high characterization, but a reader could take the figures as settled closing levels.
- Date context mismatch (mild, forward-looking): these are readings for specific dates in a fast-moving selloff, and the post carries no as-of date in its own text. Bond yields move daily, so the present-tense framing will drift out of date quickly even though it was correct for 24 to 25 September 2026.
- Whether the exact 5.49% and 5.23% prints correspond to the same session is not fully pinned down: the 30-year's 5.49% appears as a live quote level with a 5.532% day high, while 5.23% for the 10-year is reported for Friday 25 September 2026 and 5.223% for Thursday 24 September 2026.
- The "highest since 2004" and "highest since 2007" superlatives rest on reporting that cites data providers rather than on a long historical series retrieved here, so the precise prior comparison dates (June 2004, June 2007) are as reported and not independently reconstructed.
All three numbers in the claim correspond to figures published in the week of 21 to 25 September 2026. On the long bond, CNBC reported on 24 September 2026 that the 30-year Treasury bond yield was about 10 basis points higher, hitting a high of 5.501%, a level not seen since June 2004, while the benchmark 10-year note yield surged more than 10 basis points to 5.223%, to levels not reached since June 2007. The following day, Bloomberg reported that the 30-year yield, which had reached its highest level since 2004 on Thursday, rose as much as five basis points to 5.53%, and that the 10-year note's yield also reached a fresh multiyear high exceeding 5.22%. CNBC's own quote page for the 30-year shows a level of 5.49% with a day high of 5.532% and a previous close of 5.462%. CNBC reported on 26 September that the 10-year yield surged to 5.23% on Friday, its highest level since 2007. Closing levels ran slightly below the intraday peaks. The FRED series DGS30, sourced from the Federal Reserve H.15 release, records 5.47% for 2026-09-24, and the 10-year note finished 25 September 2026 at 5.17%, with the 2-year at 4.81%. On mortgages, Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey states that the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 7.03% as of September 24, 2026, up from 6.95% the prior week, and that a year ago the 30-year FRM averaged 6.30%. PMMS results are based on mortgage rates collected from thousands of loan applications submitted to Freddie Mac through Loan Product Advisor from lenders across the country when a borrower applies for a mortgage.
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Did the 30-year Treasury yield really hit 5.49%?
Yes. Multiple market reports show the 30-year Treasury yield reaching about 5.49% to 5.53% on 24 and 25 September 2026, which reporting described as the highest level since June 2004.
Is the 10-year Treasury yield figure accurate too?
Yes. The 10-year yield reached roughly 5.22% to 5.23% during the same two sessions, reported as the highest level since June 2007.
Is the claim that mortgage rates average more than 7% correct?
Yes. Freddie Mac's weekly survey put the 30-year fixed mortgage rate at 7.03% as of 24 September 2026, up from 6.95% the prior week and 6.30% a year earlier, matching the post exactly.
Does the post leave out any important detail about the bond yields?
Yes. The 5.49% and 5.23% figures are intraday peak readings, not official closing levels. The 30-year closed at 5.47% on 24 September 2026 and the 10-year closed at 5.17% on 25 September 2026, though this small gap does not change the overall picture of multiyear highs.
Are these numbers still accurate today?
The case file only confirms these figures for 24 to 25 September 2026. Since bond yields change daily and the post includes no date of its own, the investigation did not establish whether the numbers still hold at a later point.