Sentences with phrase «yield curves only»

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It only keeled over when the Fed was deliberately trying to slow down the economy and had jacked up its rates until they surpassed long - term rates (inversion in the yield curve).

The only way to attract more domestic buyers is with higher yields - which will ultimately result in rising rates across the curve.

Federal reserve will not notch them rates until next year (this is consensus, i think), additionally they are only targeting short term rates, not long term rates, we could end up with a flatter yield curve, meaning short term rates equal long term rates.

Our bottom line: Persistent risk aversion not only suppresses rates across the yield curve but raises the premium on assets seen as the most safe and liquid.

Gross also observed that «Economists / investment managers are aware of the potency of a flattening yield curve (shown in Chart above)... Only [former Fed Chair] Volcker, with his need to strangle inflation out of the system, persisted into negative yield curve territory for longer than a few months.»

There was only one that was accurate all the time, and that was an inverted yield curve of a particular length and depth.

We are watching the yield curve, but it serves as only one input into our business cycle analysis.

If anything, the Swiss yield curve is a clear sign that demand for the franc is only getting stronger.

This is only the third time the bank has used this tool since it adopted a «yield - curve - control» policy in September 2016, targeting a 10 - year yield of around zero.

I do know that the FOMC has only 1 % of tightening to play with before the yield curve gets flat.

This is only one day, but the yield curve slope, measured by the difference in yields between 10 - year and 2 - year Treasuries, widened 10 basis points today.

If you purchased the IEF fund in 2003 you would be speculating on the change in the 7 - 10 year section, and only the 7 - 10 year section, of the yield curve (by the way, you would have done well since bond prices move inversely to bond yields).

Despite a typical hiking cycle causing a flattening of the yield curve, we are potentially embarking on a path where yield curves may steepen significantly, as the Fed may be concluding that financial conditions (i.e. stock prices) can only be impacted by engineering a steeper yield curve and higher term premium.

The only time we've observed an inverted yield curve and a P / E at or above 18 times record earnings was at the 2000 market top.

With fears about inflation now subsiding, many market observers believe that the yield curve will steepen only after the federal funds rate is lowered.

The flattening of the bond yield curve in recent years meant you might pay only 1 % or 1.5 % more to lock in a long - term rate, and that made the stability of fixed rates much more attractive than it was five years earlier.

But keep in mind that a yield curve is only a prediction, and the trend it indicates is not guaranteed.

Not only were short - term interest rates lowered to either zero or close to zero, but quantitative easing was also adopted in places such as the U.S., the U.K., the eurozone, and Japan to flatten the yield curve and keep long - term interest rates low.

The following day, the yield curve increased, but only by an average of 2 bps.

This would decrease interest rates for further out on the yield curve as opposed to only the overnight rate.

Historically, the Fed sought to target only the short - end of the yield curve by targeting different overnight lending rates.

Thus, for yield curve inversion to be a market signal it is important that the inverted yield curve not only lead the economic turn but also the turn in the stock market.

Pre-2008, the Fed controlled only the short end of the yield curve, which, with time, is a pretty powerful tool for making the economy rise and fall.

We can offset some of those costs by pushing out the yield curve a little bit, but this only pushes the needle so far.

The only reliable predictor four quarters out was the yield curve spread.

With Samsung being the only vendor to successfully develop sustainable yields of curved AMOLED panels, it is possible Xiaomi is partnering with the South Korean company over the display.

While that only has a direct impact on the short end of the yield curve, global and domestic economic forces, which have been keeping downward pressure on long - term rates, may be starting to loosen.