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To: Box-By-The-Riviera™ who wrote (90788)	5/30/2012 10:08:01 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217895

Yes, drama galore. I can't find anything on 10 year rates before 1952 or so and I've looked quite a bit. Tired of looking. I figure tipping point is anything below 1.600. Why? Can't say, intuition.

To: Box-By-The-Riviera™ who wrote (90788)	5/31/2012 8:07:21 AM
From: bart13	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217895

There's more than a little uncertainty in the historical data. The Federal Reserve has a data series called 'long term government bond yields' that shows a low of 1.98% hit in both July and October 1941. But it does not specify what 'long term' means. Per Roger Ibbotson of Yale, the all time low was actually 0.92% in April of 1942. The WSJ reported the all time low as 1.672% set in February of 1946. I also show a low of 1.71% in Dec. 1941 - from the Fed's "Banking Stats..." publication.