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Mortgage rates remain stable amid the federal government shutdown, currently at 6.34%.

Zions Bank's Jeremy Holmgren warns prolonged shutdown could increase rate volatility.

Economic data delays may cause market adjustments once government data resumes, experts say.

SALT LAKE CITY — So far, mortgage rates aren't moving much as the impasse that shuttered the federal government continues.

The weekly average for a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage hit 6.34% on Thursday, the day after the shutdown of the U.S. government, according to the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation that's better known as Freddie Mac.

That's a 0.04 percentage point increase from the week ending Sept. 25. Earlier in September, Freddie Mac's weekly average for the same type of mortgage had fallen to 6.26

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