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Assessing the Risk of Yield Curve Inversion : a presentation at Regional Economic Briefing, Little Rock, Ark. December 1, 2017.


Abstract: In Little Rock, Ark., St. Louis Fed President James Bullard talked about the possibility that the yield curve would invert, whereby short-term interest rates would surpass long-term interest rates, and how such an inversion could be avoided. In the past, an inverted yield curve has helped predict recessions.

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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Part of Series: Speech

Publication Date: 2017-12-01

Number: 295