Interest Rates Part FIVE/Final – The FOMC Overshoot, a Recession Predictor – The Inverted Yield Curve

Finally our conclusion to what we have all been waiting for …. The Predictive Value of our discussion …

So we know the FOMC fiddles with rates…

The FOMC Federal Open Market Committee raising the totally controlled short end … recall, they do not totally control the longer end… capital market participants do!

 

FOMC Raises Rates

This following Chart is our sizzle….

This is the difference of the 2 year yield and the 10 year yield for about 5-6 decades…

When the 2 year yield is BELOW the 10 year  yield the line is plotted above zero … think 1% less 3%, would give you a data point of 2 on this chart….

When the short end of the curve is ABOVE the long end — totally backwards to all logic, the plot on the graph would be BELOW zero… areas which we have circled in red…

Grey area are recessions …. just behind the inversions —

Take a moment and check this chart out…

2s 10s Spread W Recession sfredgraph

Here is an easier to see chart from 1999 to present–

2s 10s spread 99 to present - fredgraph

Why don’t they stop raising?

They cannot, it is their mandate – keep inflation under control …. raising rates is their main control mechanism.

Also, it is beyond their control as investors actually pile into the long end of the curve dropping it’s rate while the FOMC raises, in anticipation of the next recession…

Creating the Inverted Yield Curve!

In Never go all in or All out fashion, if the curve inverts we do not pack up our things and leave …. BUT  caution is definitely advised.

There will be excuses …

  • it’s different this time …
  • rates are un-natural …
  • rates are low …

Maybe- worth heeding with a track record shown above….

We will keep you posted!

Hope you enjoyed the Series … Quick links – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4

Have a Great “Not Inverted Yield Curve” Day!

John A. Kvale CFA, CFP

Founder of J.K. Financial, Inc.
A Dallas Texas based fee only
Financial Planning Total Wealth
Management firm.
www.jkfinancialinc.com
www.street-cents.com

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