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How the coverage framed it

Coverage of this story was largely uniform, with a bias spread of just 0.5 points across all outlets. Most headlines adopted straightforward financial reporting language, focusing on market indicators and economic data: CNBC referenced Treasury yields hitting "the highest level since 2007" and survey-based projections of multiple rate hikes, while MarketWatch described mortgage rates jumping to "7.17% — a nearly 2-year high" with the mildly negative but factual characterization of a "blow to the housing market." The only notable framing departure came from the Boston Globe, whose headline described the Fed "defying Trump's demands" — a phrase that embeds a political narrative by casting the central bank's decision as an act of resistance against executive pressure. That framing stands apart from the otherwise data-driven language used elsewhere, though the overall ideological range across outlets remains narrow enough that no meaningful left-right divide is present.