Negative yield curve

A negative yield curve has short-term rates, or yields, higher than the most long-term yields. A negative yield curve is an abnormal condition. Bank margins get squeezed when a negative yield curve emerges.

Negative Yield Curve
On securities that are of similar quality, a condition in which yields on short term securities are higher than the yields on long term securities.

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A negative, or inverted, yield curve results when the interest rate on short-term US Treasury issues is higher than the rate on on long-term Treasury bonds.

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When the yield on a short-term security is higher than the yield on a long-term security, partially because high interest rates are creating a greater demand for short-term borrowing.

NEGATIVE YIELD CURVE " See: Inverted Yield Curve.
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When short-term rates rise above long-term rates, an Inverted Yield Curve or negative yield curve results.

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Occurs when current liabilities exceed current assets, which can lead to bankruptcy.
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Since long-term rates are characteristically higher than short-term rates, a yield curve that confirms that expectation is described as positive. In contrast, a negative yield curve occurs when short-term rates are higher.

If short-term rates are higher, the graph shows a positive yield curve; if long-term rates are higher, it shows a negative yield curve. When short-term and long-term rates are roughly equal, the yield curve is flat.

ones (because an investor should expect to earn more for taking on longer-term risk). If that situation is reversed, for instance because of an unusually high supply of short-term paper, the curve slopes downward (an inverted or negative yield curve).

of long-term bonds, which pushes up prices and pushes down yields. It may also reflect expectations that inflation will be lower in the long term than in the short term, producing an eventual drop in yields. Also known as a negative yield curve.

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See also: Yield curve, Bills, Banks, Expense, Load fund