The U.S. economy has shifted from a low-rate, low-inflation era to a higher-cost environment due to strong consumer and business spending, massive AI infrastructure investment, and supply constraints. President Trump criticized the Federal Reserve's rate hike, but economists say broader economic trends—not Fed policy alone—are driving higher interest rates and mortgage costs that have climbed to 6.95% for 30-year loans.
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Mortgage rates are expected to fluctuate between 5.9% and 6.3% over the next five years, driven primarily by 10-year Treasury yields which economists forecast will rise gradually from current levels to around 4.3% by 2030. The forecast combines expert predictions from Deloitte, Goldman Sachs, and the Congressional Budget Office with AI analysis, accounting for the typical 1.9-2.0 percentage point spread between Treasury yields and mortgage rates.
Social media discussions highlight growing momentum in real-world assets (RWA) tokenization across blockchain platforms. Akadotfun launches on Arc with instant creator payments and RWA treasury distributions, while Injective hosts over $1 billion in tokenized mortgage records with plans to onboard $10 billion more in assets, positioning itself as infrastructure for institutional RWA adoption.