Assertion: yield curve | /r/CapableOf | become inverted
Facets:
value: particularly
type: DEGREE
value: for the first time since 2007
type: TEMPORAL
value: in the first half of 2019
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: As a result, the yield curve became inverted.
text: Before a yield curve can become inverted, it must first pass through a period where short-term rates rise to the point they are closer to long-term rates.
text: Yield curves can also remain flat or become inverted.
text: Yield curve becomes inverted when short-term rates exceed long-term rates
text: The yield curve became inverted in the first half of 2019, for the first time since 2007.
text: When the yield curve becomes inverted, profit margins fall for companies that borrow cash at short-term rates and lend at long-term rates, such as community banks.
text: It’s also one of the reasons that when the inverted curve starts to flatten, and particularly when it becomes inverted, it has been a fairly accurate predictor of recession.
text: When short-term and long-term bond yields begin to narrow, it’s very easy to see as the curve will flatten and, should short-term rates move above long-term rates, the yield curve will become inverted.