Despite warning about interest rate risk for years, rates still remain low. However, credit union investment portfolios are already feeling the effects of interest rate volatility in the form of unrealized losses. Credit union managers who think they can simply sell off fixed-rate mortgages when rates rise might be in for a shock when the market reacts to the increases. Learn what you need to know about interest rate risk, and how your credit union can minimize it.

Interest Rate Risk Goes Beyond Mortgages: Volatile interest rates are producing unrealized losses on credit union investment portfolios.

Yield Curve Key to Interest Rate Risk Management: Experts say rising rates themselves aren't the problem; it's the spread that matters.

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