An inverted yield curve is a sign of economic turbulence. When short-term bonds have higher yields than long term bonds, it means that investors see more risk in the short run than in the long run.

The yield curve is especially useful as an economic indicator. In a relatively strong economy, it’s an upward-sloping line, rising from short-term bonds with low yields to long-term bonds with ...

The muni yield curve has recently become inverted in the short end, meaning that yields of some longer-dated municipal bonds are lower than those of shorter-term bonds.

All six recessions going back to the mid-1970s, when the two-year/10-year yield curve can first be traced, have also followed inversion. But the problem is timing the turn.

TOKYO — The Bank of Japan’s yield curve control (YCC) is under fierce market attack, as investors test the bank’s commitment to capping bond yields with inflation above the BOJ’s target. The BOJ’s ...

It worked until it didn’t. After global stocks’ 2022 decline, yield curves inverted globally. Recession fears surged. Investors gnashed. Yet lending grew. US, eurozone and global GDP expanded.

The yield on the Canadian 10-year government bond has fallen nearly 100 basis points below the 2-year yield, marking the biggest inversion of Canada's yield curve since 1994.

An inverted yield curve is a sign of economic turbulence. When short-term bonds have higher yields than long term bonds, it means that investors see more risk in the short run than in the long run.

One of Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda's main challenges will be to phase out yield curve control (YCC), which has come under criticism for distorting markets by keeping long-term interest rates ...