They might avoid long-term bonds with a yield that will erode against increased prices if the yield curve becomes steep, suggesting future inflation. The Bottom Line .

The 10-year yield this week hit 4.88%, the highest since just before the Great Financial Crisis, driving a substantial 'steepening' of the two-year/10-year curve.

A yield curve is an economic tool that can help you "understand bond markets, ... steep, inverted, flat or humped" — suggesting "a different potential outlook," Forbes reports.

As of early May 2025, institutional buyers from Deutsche Bank decided to boost their holdings in Bank of America stock by as much as 45.1% as this steepening yield curve view takes on water, a ...

Now, a lot of people hear the words steepening yield curve and their eyes might glaze over, especially people who are primarily equity market investors.

Source: Morningstar. Data as of Jan. 6, 2025. There’s been a steepening of the yield curve (as measured by the yield on the 10-year US Treasury minus the yield on the two-year US Treasury), with ...

Bund yield fell in early trade, shrugging off Trump’s announcement of 30% tariffs on the EU starting on Aug. 1.

On June 30, 2023, the 10-year Treasury’s 3.81% yield, for example, was 106 basis points less than the two-year Treasury’s 4.87%, meaning the typically upward slope of the yield curve was inverted.

Germany's longer-dated bond yields have reached a six-week high amid increased borrowing and spending focus due to the ...

The US national debt hit an all-time high of $35 trillion. Expect a steepening yield curve as the US government refinances its debt at higher rates. Xponance portfolio manager Charles Curry shares ...

The global yield curve’s steepening remains obscure because most investors fixate excessively on America. Canada’s curve shifted from minus-1.26 ppts last June to positive 0.54 ppt — a ...

As of early May 2025, institutional buyers from Deutsche Bank decided to boost their holdings in Bank of America stock by as much as 45.1% as this steepening yield curve view takes on water, a ...