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At the end of the second quarter of 2019, the US economy will have completed ten years of growth, the longest period of economic expansion since the end of the Second World War. It appears as if the annual compound rate of growth will come out around 2.3 percent. As post-World War II busines...

Barclays Bank PLC announced today that it plans to transfer the primary listing venue for 16 iPath® Exchange Traded Notes (the “ETNs”) to the Cboe Global Markets. The affected ETNs are: The first day of trading for these ETNs on the Cboe is expected to be on or about M...

Federal Reserve watchers don't agree with investors that the central bank will cut rates later this year, according to a Bloomberg survey of economists. More news on: iPath U.S. Treasury Steepener ETN, iPath U.S. Treasury Flattener ETN, Financial stocks news, News on the U.S. economy, Ne...

By Sharat Kotikalpudi The US yield curve dipped into inverted territory recently. But that's not necessarily a bad omen for equities. There are several important warning signals - and lately, the yield curve's slope is the only one flashing red. The curve plots the gap between long- and ...

While the housing market has historically been the catalyst for many U.S. recessions, Hedgeye Housing analyst Josh Steiner explains in the video below why it’s unlikely to be the cause of the next economic downturn. “Housing is normally the cause of recessions – with...

Editor's note: This article was originally published on April 22 by Menzie Chinn here . CEA Chair Kevin Hassett has stated a recession by next summer is impossible . I'm wary of such definitive statements. From a May 2008 WSJ article: "The data are pretty clear that we are not i...

Understanding The Economy: Where Are We Headed? In a recent research note, published about two months ago, I outlined why recession risk was low despite a decelerating economic environment. I made this assessment based on my four-factor coincident index which was constructed based o...

By Scott Krauthamerax In recent weeks, the US yield curve has been making investors nervous again. The curve has inverted before each of the last seven recessions, and it did so again on March 22. But what does an inversion really mean for equity returns? The yield curve simply tracks ho...

By Scott Bauer At a Glance The flat to normal yield curve indicates a watershed moment for the U.S. economy Spreads in the 10-year treasury note and shorter maturities remain a key indicator to watch The yield curve is front and center in the news but what does it mean and...

Six Months of Flattening I’ve been publishing on the yield curve since November, and in that time, the curve has undergone some changes. All yield data comes from your good friends, the economists at the US Treasury . For some time, the most obvious feature of the curve was...