The track
record of the yield curve is good, too.
The track
record of the yield curve is good, too.
Not exact matches
Prior to 1995 the
yield curve had a strong
record of forecasting recessions or that the economy had just entered into a recession.
Under current conditions (
record earnings and a narrow
yield curve) profits have grown an average
of just 2.1 % annually over the next three years.
A few
of those, and the
yield curve could be at
record wide levels.
The 5 year range
of the municipal bond
curve is keeping up with the overall market as the 5 year S&P AMT - Free Muni Series 2018 Index has returned 1.14 %, while longer municipal bonds in the S&P Municipal Bond 20 + year Index have
recorded a total return
of 2.14 % year to date with
yields remaining steady over the course
of the week.
Euribor — December 2010 Comment: The German Treasury
yield curve is terribly steep as other maturities can not keep up with Schatz
yields which have dropped to a new
record low at 0.958 %; yesterdayâ $ ™ s auction carried a coupon
of 1.00 %, the lowest ever and the ECBâ $ ™ s target rate.
But at the same time, steep price declines have pushed
yield ratios
of municipals to Treasuries to the highest levels ever
recorded at every point
of the
yield curve.
I think so, and a
record wide
yield curve is one
of the things that I would see prior to such troubles.
Many
of the rates on the Treasury
curve are
record low
yields as far as I can tell.