This Time Is Different for the Yield Curve? They Said That Last Time
- Bernanke didn’t see 2006 flat curve as sign of impending slump
- ‘Mini-inversion’ like last week’s can precede longer episodes
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“This time is different.”
That famous line, which mutual-fund legend Sir John Templeton once called “among the four most costly words in the annals of investing,” is back in fashion these days when it comes to the Treasury yield curve. Skeptics from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to Morgan Stanley Investment Management say the curve’s recessionary signals may be distorted now as a result of central-bank policy that’s kept interest rates exceptionally low since the financial crisis.