Assertion: curve's slope | /r/HasProperty | negative
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text: In other words, the IS curve has a negative slope.
text: From the post-Great Depression era to the present, the yield curve has usually been "normal" meaning that yields rise as maturity lengthens (i.e., the slope of the yield curve is positive).
text: Regions of the curve which have a negative slope (declining to the right) represent operating regions where the device has negative differential resistance, while regions of positive slope represent positive differential resistance.
text: Regions of the curve which have a negative slope (declining to the right) represent operating regions where the device has negative differential resistance, while regions of positive slope represent positive differential resistance.
text: However, the assumptions of consumer preference theory do not guarantee that the demand curve will have a negative slope.
text: Normally the curve will have a positive slope, as EE′ does in Figure 5A, meaning that as a person grows wealthier he will buy more of each commodity.
text: The term premium is higher for longer-maturity bonds than for shorter-maturity bonds, and this is an important reason why the yield curve normally has a positive slope.
text: The term premium is higher for longer-maturity bonds than for shorter-maturity bonds, and this is an important reason why the yield curve normally has a positive slope.