Dear Mr

That scare helped push the yield of a 10-year treasury note to 4.7% at the end of the year, just higher than the 4.6% at which it began 2006, but well below the 5.25% it hit at the end of June of last year. It also puts the 10-year treasury yield below the short-term yield, creating an inverted yield curve, which I will discuss in more detail ... ................
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