Plunging Bond Yields Lead Mortgage Rates To an 18-Month Low.

Reports on the prices of bonds and consumer rates as of December 14, 2000. Description of mortgage rates, which are at their lowest point in eighteen months; Rally in bond prices due to implications that the United States economy is slowing and that the U.S. Federal Reserve will cut interest rates; Recommendations for people who should refinance their homes; Reports on treasury securities and corporate bonds.