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The Problems are the Path: Interest Remain Higher for Longer

COMMENTS ON INTEREST RATES, YIELD CURVE AND INFLATION AND THE AFFECT ON HOME PRICES, REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS AND INVESTMENTS IN GENERAL A Yield Curve is created by the daily rates of trading in the U.S Government Bond market from 30-day Treasury Bill to 30-year Treasury Bond.  The rates below are an example from www.cnbc.com TREASURYS TICKER COMPANY   YIELD CHANGE %CHANGE US1M U.S. 1 Month Treasury 5.394 -0.006 0 US3M U.S. 3 Month Treasury 5.498 0 0 US6M U.S. 6 Month Treasury 5.564 0.006 0 US1Y U.S. 1 Year Treasury 5.473 -0.003 0 US2Y U.S. 2 Year Treasury 5.087 0.01 0 US10Y U.S. 10 Year Treasury 4.542 -0.016 0 US30Y U.S. 30 Year Treasury 4.669 -0.027 0 The data is from earlier dated CNBC.com Bond section.  It is a on going measurement of where each U. S. bond maturity was trading on a Daily basis.  This Yield Curve is "inverted". This means that the yields are higher near term than they are long term. The general belief among Economists and Traders is than when an Inverted Yi