The yield curve is frequently spoken about when investors are discussing bonds and wider economics, but what precisely is it?

New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) Asset management company Bandhan AMC, Head, Fixed Income, Suyash Choudhary has said that probably the most noteworthy feature ...

Cardone points to the history of the yield curve, which has been inverted for over 500 days. This scenario has occurred only three times since 1920—in 1929, 1974, and 2009.

This is partly because of high consumer savings as the economy exited the Covid-19 pandemic, which provided a buffer against rising borrowing costs, Jim Reid at Deutsche Bank wrote in the note.

Consumers are almost out of savings, and the Fed needs to cut rates to limit the fallout, he says. Duke professor Campbell Harvey discovered an inverted yield curve accurately predicts recessions.

Lack of lending opportunities points to prolonged weakness in growth, warn bank officials ...

While the yield curve on Chinese government debt is normal, officials said the inversion of saving rates indicated that savers in the country had a poor long term outlook.