Opinion  

Predictive power of the yield curve

Peter Elston

Peter Elston

If this is the case, then weakening economic growth could be worse than thought, and the inverted yield curve is a warning that we should still heed.

The arguments put forward as to why it should no longer be heeded have a distinctly “this time is different” feel to them.

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Peter Elston is chief investment officer at Seneca Investment Managers