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All this is to say that last week’s worries about a US recession this year are overblown.

The phenomenon has been seen before the last seven recessions in the US.

A yield curve goes flat when the premium, or spread, for longerterm bonds drops to zero.

When the short-term interest rate is higher than the long term, the yield curve looks inverted.