s to use as guidance to write your 3-5 page extra credit paper: 1. Why, in general, do you think the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield has been rising recently? 2. What do you feel is the correlation between the 10-year U.S. Treasury rates and mortgage rates & corporate bond rates? 3. What are the potential economic impacts from higher mortgage rates? 4. Why have Treasury rates remained higher than expected? What would need to change to see them move lower? 5. What do you think the impact to the economy or financial markets (stocks & bonds) would be if Treasury rates move lower over the next couple of years