(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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Tag: Yield Curve
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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Strategist: Yield curves predict ‘absolutely nothing’
Amid fears of a looming recession after an indicator flashed a warning signal, one strategist told CNBC that the inverted yield curve “predicts absolutely nothing.”
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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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Canadian Curve Inversion Reaches Deepest Since 2000 on BOC Bets – Bloomberg
Global trade tension has investors leaning toward rate cut
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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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Infographic: How the Modern Consumer is Different
We all have a stereotypical image of the average consumer – but is it an accurate one? Meet the modern consumer, and what it means for business.
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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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