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In currency markets, the U.S. dollar has been getting slaughtered. It's at a 2-month low against the Euro and is similarly weak against Asian currencies. But demand for dollar-denominated bonds is offsetting the expected rise in mortgage rates.
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Mortgage bond investors own the rights to mortgage bond payments over time and the value of those payment is tightly tied to the value of the U.S. dollar. And this is where the inherent conflict in the government's plan to drive down mortgage rates comes in. With each new stimulus, the government is forced to -- literally -- print more money, thereby making the plan more expensive to execute.
