Market Briefing: US Yield Curve - Yardeni Research

Market Briefing: US Yield Curve

Yardeni Research, Inc.

December 21, 2021

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US Yield Curve

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Figure 1.

600

US YIELD CURVE* & BUSINESS CYCLE 400 (basis points, weekly)

US Yield Curve

600 Latest (136)

400

200

200

12/17

0

0

-200

-200

-400

-400

-600

-600



-800

-800

62 64 66 68 70 72 74 76 78 80 82 84 86 88 90 92 94 96 98 00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24

* 10-year US Treasury yield less federal funds rate. Note: Shaded areas denote recessions according to the National Bureau of Economic Research. Source: Federal Reserve Board.

Figure 2.

800

700 US YIELD CURVE* & FINANCIAL CRISES (basis points, weekly)

600

1997 Pacific

Rim 2001

500

1970 1974 Penn Franklin

1980 1984 Silver Continental

1990 1994 S&L Mexican

9/11 Attacks

2007 Subprime

400

Central National Bubble Illinois

Crisis Peso

2000

Meltdown

300

Tech Bubble

200

100

0

800 700 600 500 400 300 200 12/17 100 0

-100

-100

-200

-200

1987

1998

2008

2020

-300

Black

Russia

Lehman

Covid-19

-300

Monday

& LTCM

& AIG

-400

-400

-500

-500

1982

-600

Drysdale

-600

& Mexico

-700

-700



-800

-800

62 64 66 68 70 72 74 76 78 80 82 84 86 88 90 92 94 96 98 00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26

* 10-year US Treasury yield less federal funds rate. Note: Blue shaded areas are periods of monetary easing between cyclical peaks and troughs in the federal funds rate. Red shaded areas are monetary tightening periods Source: Federal Reserve Board.

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US Yield Curve

Figure 3.

600

600

US YIELD CURVE* &

MONETARY POLICY CYCLE

400

(basis points, weekly)

400

200

200

12/25

0

0

-200

-200

-400

-400

-600

-600



-800

-800

60 62 64 66 68 70 72 74 76 78 80 82 84 86 88 90 92 94 96 98 00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26

* 10-year Treasury yield less federal funds rate. Monthly through 1987, then weekly. Note: Blue shaded areas denote periods of monetary easing between cyclical peaks and troughs in the federal funds rate. Red shaded areas denote monetary tightening periods. Source: Federal Reserve Board.

Figure 4.

600

600

TEN-YEAR TREASURY YIELD MINUS 3-MONTH TREASURY BILL* & BEAR MARKETS IN STOCKS (basis points)

400

400



200

200

12/20

0

0

-200

-200

92 94 96 98 00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26

* Secondary market Note: Shaded red areas denote S&P 500 bear market declines of 20% or more. Yellow areas show bull markets. Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

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US Yield Curve

Figure 5.

8

8

US TREASURY YIELDS: 10-YEAR vs. 2-YEAR

(percent)

7

7

6

6

10-Year (1.5)

2-Year (0.7)

5

5

4

4

3

3

2

2

12/21

1

1



0

0

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Source: Haver Analytics.

Figure 6.

350

325 US TREASURY YIELD SPREAD: 10-YEAR MINUS-2-YEAR (basis points)

300

350 Latest (78) 325

300

275

275

250

250

225

225

200

200

175

175

150

150

125

125

100

100

75

12/21

75

50

50

25

25

0

0

-25

-25

-50

-50



-75

-75

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Source: Haver Analytics.

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US Yield Curve

Figure 7.

400

400

YIELD CURVE SPREADS

300

(basis points,weekly)

300

2-Year Less Federal Funds Rate

200

200

100

100

12/17

0

0

-100

-100

-200

-200

-300

-300

83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

400

400

10-Year Less 2-Year

300

300

200

200

100

100

12/17

0

0

-100

-100

83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

30-Year Less 10-Year

150

150

50

50

12/17



-50

-50

83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Note: Shaded areas denote recessions according to the National Bureau of Economic Research. Source: Federal Reserve Board.

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US Yield Curve

Figure 8.

600

600

500

YIELD CURVE: 2-YEAR TREASURY MINUS FEDERAL FUNDS RATE

500

400

(basis points, weekly)

400

300

300

200

200

100

100

12/17

0

0

-100

-100

-200

-200

-300

-300

-400

-400

-500

-500

-600

-600

-700

-700



-800

-800

76 78 80 82 84 86 88 90 92 94 96 98 00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26

Note: Shaded areas denote recessions according to the National Bureau of Economic Research. * 2-year Treasury yield less federal funds rate.

Source: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

Figure 9.

350

350

US TREASURY YIELD CURVE SPREADS

(basis points, daily)

300

300

Yield Curve Spreads

250

10-Year Minus 2-Year (75.0)

250

5-Year Minus 2-Year (52.0)

200

200

150

150

100

100

12/17

50

50

0

0



-50

-50

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

Source: Federal Reserve Board.

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US Yield Curve

Figure 10.

100

600

YIELD CURVE & CONSUMER CONFIDENCE INDEX

500

400

50

300

200 Nov

100

0

0

-100

-200

-50

Yield Curve* (basis points)

CCI: Expectations Component Minus Present Situation Component

-300 Nov

-400

-500



-100

-600

85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

* 10-year US Treasury yield less federal funds rate. Source: The Conference Board and Federal Reserve Board.

Figure 11.

5

5

YIELD CURVE SPREADS

4

4

3

3

2

2

1

1

Q1

0

0

-1

Yield Curve Spreads

-1

2-to-10 Year Spread

0-to-6 Quarter Forward Spread

-2

-2



-3

-3

72 74 76 78 80 82 84 86 88 90 92 94 96 98 00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24

* Data for Q1-2019 is an FRB estimate based on data through January. Note: Shaded areas denote recessions according to the National Bureau of Economic Research. Source: Federal Reserve Board.

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