Sentences with phrase «length of the yield curve»

By contrast, the Eurozone and Japan are still in the midst of extended programmes of quantitative easing (QE) intended mainly to keep interest rates low along the length of the yield curve (rather than directly to boost the rates of growth of money and purchasing power), and hence to stimulate the two economies.

Fixed - income: Regardless of country or supra - national market, the fixed - income fund should have holdings throughout the entire length of the yield curve (most available maturities), as well as being a mix of government, municipal (general obligation), corporate and high - yield bonds.

Not exact matches

Among them are factors I've discussed at length elsewhere — a weaker U.S. dollar, a steadily flattening yield curve, heightened market volatility, overvalued U.S. stocks, expectations of higher inflation, trade war jitters, geopolitical risks and more.

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

The yield curve illustrates the relationship between yields, or interest rates, and the length of time until a security matures.

It is worth noting that, after the yield curve inverts, the average length of time until the economy contracts is 11 months.