Article: Interest rates next year.(INTEREST RATES)

Interest rates on long-term securities will diverge next year. Until recently, rates on Treasuries, mortgages and corporate debt tended to follow similar routes. But the credit malaise is pushing them in different directions as investors seek assets with the lowest risk.

Expect the 10-year Treasury to yield about 5% by mid-2008, up from 4.6% now, as mounting concerns about inflation come to the fore.

Mortgage rates won't move ...

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