Yield Curve Inverted…. Again

by cbus20122 Probably not a surprise, but wanted to share this for discussion points. Given, the initial and brief inversion in April 2022 garnered most of the attention, but I personally think this one will get a bit deeper unless …

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Inversion Therapy? Yield Curve Continues Inversion As Fed Slows Down Treasury Purchases (Mortgage Rates Climb To 4.91%) Biden Orders Autos Have 49 MPG By 2026

by confoundedinterest17 Its official! I submitted my resignation from George Mason University effective June 1, 2022. I will miss teaching the students, past and present. But back to the US Treasury yield curve. It remains in reversion (meaning shorter-term Treasuries …

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Alarm! Massive Divergence Between US Treasury Yield Curve And Near-term Forward Spread (Biden Considers Releasing HUGE Oil Release To Control Inflation)

by confoundedinterest17 Alarm! There is a massive divergence between the collapsing US Treasury 10Y-2Y yield curve and the near-term forward spread. The near-term forward spread is the difference between the implied interest rate expected on a three-month Treasury bill six quarters …

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Epic collapse underway in the US Treasury yield curve

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=NwP2 Once again, it’s all about moves in the bond market … and, per yesterday’s tweet, related concerns about inflation, a late Fed, and the risk of a monetary policy error. Yields are higher, the 2s-10s curve is below 10 …

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Weekend Update: US Q1 GDP Falls To 0.6%, Treasury 10Y-2Y Curve Flattens and Commodity Prices UP 52% Under Biden (Ports Still Clogged)

by confoundedinterest17 Russia is still attacking Ukraine and I am still seeing stories about actor/comedian Bob Saget’s cause of death. So now for something completely different. After last week’s Personal Consumption Expenditures, GDP and new home sales reports, the Atlanta Fed’s GDPNow …

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Behind Closed Doors: Monday’s Fed Meeting As 10Y-2Y Treasury Curve Crashes (WTI Crude Oil UP 96% Under Biden)

by confoundedinterest17 On Monday at 11:30 EST, The Federal Reserve Board of Governors will have a closed door session to determine if they should raise rates and/or change the speed of Fed asset purchases. Between raging inflation and the potential wag-the-dog Russian/Ukraine tensions, The …

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Fed and ECB still behind the inflation curve. Central banks risk a pile-up of monetary policy tightening as inflation expectations become more embedded.

Fed and ECB still behind the inflation curve.Central banks risk a pile-up of monetary policy tightening as inflation expectations become more embedded.By @elerianm https://t.co/5ra5cAm2hR — Nouriel Roubini (@Nouriel) February 7, 2022 "Negative interest rates are hugely unpopular…Some ECB policy makers …

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