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While the three largest lenders now offer VantageScore, Bank of America Securities says two agency pulls boosts consumers scores, no matter which model.
The latest leg higher came as elevated energy prices added to inflationary pressures and corporate new issues weighed on the market.
A fresh jump in oil prices on Thursday lifted five- to 30-year Treasury yields to new multiyear highs in choppy U.S. trading, with the 30-year rising as much as seven basis points to 5.47%, its highest since 2004.
Rising oil prices sparked the declines earlier in the session, fanning worries around elevated inflation and punishing European government debt as well.
While the Fed move was expected, Chairman Kevin Warsh's rhetoric on inflation drove up market-implied expectations for at least one more increase this year and as many as two more in 2027.
