When the treasury bond yield curve inverts (and remains inverted for some time), the likelihood of the economy slipping into recession is high. A yield curve is a graph on which bonds are ...

There is "nothing bankers like ... a higher yield) than someone buying a ten-year or two-year bond. In the reverse scenario, when investors are pessimistic, you get an inverted yield curve.

and it looks like it’s about to light up again. WSJ’s Dion Rabouin explains why an inverted yield curve can be so reliable in predicting recession and why market watchers are talking about it now.

The curve’s slope historically has foretold the future. A positive tilt is associated with an economy likely to expand, as it ...

David Kelly, Chief Global Strategist of JPMorgan Asset Management, expects the yield curve to be almost completely flat a year from now. But he says not to worry if it ends up inverted.

A typical economic cycle features a much longer period of growth than a downturn. Does an inverted yield curve indicate that there will be a recession soon? The yield curve has been a good ...

The event – commonly dubbed a yield curve inversion – was largely viewed as a signal the U.S. economy would likely slip into recession in the near future. An inverted yield curve occurs when ...