Freddie Mac: Rock-bottom rates should help with home affordability
Weaker housing and economic news offseting impacts of Fed tapering
Rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 4.17 percent
Rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 4.14 percent this week, up from 4.12 percent last week
Retail spending, consumer sentiment declines
Fed may begin to wind down stimulus program as early as this summer
Fed expects only gradual decline in unemployment