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The FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) has raised the federal funds rate in every meeting since June, 2004. In that time, the federal funds rate has gone from 1.00% to 3.25%. (I got my data for what the Fed has been doing from http://www.the-privateer.com/rates.html.) In that same timeframe, yields on 10-year Treasury dooflickies have done jack shit. (That data came from http://www.treas.gov/offices/domestic-finance/debt-management/interest-rate/yield_historical_main.shtml, a page that loaded promptly and was easy to read. I mention this because government web sites frequently can't manage either one of those things.)

Watch now as I employ my shitty-ass html skillz to provide a table comparing the ffr to the 10 year Treasury dooflickies since the ffr started to increase back in last June. I'm sure all ya'll are as interested in this happiness as I am, so let's get down to business. (Isn't that a song lyric from somewhere? It's been bugging me for weeks, the "Let's get down to business" thing. Anyone know? Edit: It's an Eminem lyric from The Eminem Show. Google knows all.)

( You know the drill... here there be finance! )