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I'm not a finance or economics expert, what I've gathered from various internet sources is that yes: the yield curve has been inverted for over 1 quarter, which historically should mean there will be a recession coming.

However there are questions about whether it will be right again. One reason is that when the US government implemented Quantitative Easing during the great recession, it did this by buying a bunch of treasuries. There is some question about whether the inverted yield curve we are seeing now may be a result of that, rather than solely a result of investors predicting below zero interest rates.




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