Tag: Yield Curve

Oil Steadies as Traders Await Signs on U.S. Monetary Policy

(Bloomberg) — Oil steadied after its first drop this week as attention turned from expanding American fuel stockpiles to the prospects for monetary easing as the world’s top central bankers gather in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.Futures added 0.4% to trade near $56 a barrel in New York. Investors anticipate
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Yield Inversion Is Coming to Asia as Growth Woes Spread

(Bloomberg) — The inverted yield curve looks set to be a global phenomenon, with major Asian debt markets primed to mirror the moves in Treasuries as fears grow that the world economy is teetering on the brink of a recession.Yields in some Asian markets are tracking the slide in their U.S. and U.K.
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Canada’s yield curve inversion turns up pressure on central bank to cut rates

Inversion of Canada’s yield curve by the most in nearly two decades is threatening to coerce the Bank of Canada to cut interest rates rather than risk an economic downturn, portfolio managers said on Wednesday. Curve inversion, when long-term yields dip below short-term ones, is seen by some investors
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After the yield curve inverts — here’s how the stock market tends to perform since 1978 – MarketWatch

The inversion of the main measure of the yield curve, or a negative spread between short-term and long-term yields, has preceded the last seven recessions….
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Explainer: Countdown to recession – What an inverted yield curve means – Reuters

The spread between yields on U.S. two-year and 10-year notes, a closely watched metric, is likely to invert for the first time since 2007. That would follow the inversion of another part of the yield curve earlier in the year. Here is what that means.
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Is a US Recession Coming? Yield Curve Loudest Warning Since 2007 – Bloomberg

The latest eruption in the U.S.-China trade dispute pushed a widely watched Treasury-market recession indicator to the highest alert since 2007.
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Steepening Yield Curve Shows Market Isn’t Waiting for Fed to Act

Futures reflected more than 70 basis points of easing in 2019 at one point Wednesday, a move that helped push key portions of the curve to their widest since at least November. Bets on steepening — historically the darling trade during easing cycles — are building amid signs of weakness in U.S. manufacturing
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