{"id":154446,"date":"2023-09-12T20:40:41","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T15:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/?p=154446"},"modified":"2023-09-12T20:40:41","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T15:10:41","slug":"u-s-treasury-yield-spread-dips-to-historic-lows-signaling-economic-caution-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/u-s-treasury-yield-spread-dips-to-historic-lows-signaling-economic-caution-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Treasury yield spread dips to historic lows signaling economic caution &#8211; Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The U.S. Treasury yields have recently been flashing warning signs. These yields, representing the return on investment for U.S. government bonds, serve as a crucial barometer of market sentiment and overall economic vitality.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">An area of particular interest in this context is <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/fred.stlouisfed.org\/series\/T10Y3M\">the spread between the 10-year Treasury yield and the 3-month Treasury yield<\/a>. This spread, representing the difference between the returns on long-term and short-term investments, is a significant indicator of future economic prospects.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_356835\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-356835\" style=\"width: 1318px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-356835\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Graph showing the spread between the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield and the 3-month Treasury yield from 1982 to 2023. Shaded areas indicate periods of recession in the U.S. (Source: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/fred.stlouisfed.org\/series\/T10Y3M#\">Federal Reserve<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">Historically, the spread between the 10-year and 3-month Treasury yields has been a reliable harbinger of economic downturns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">A positive spread typically indicates investor confidence in the economy\u2019s long-term prospects, while a negative spread, or an \u201cinverted yield curve,\u201d often precedes recessions. This inversion suggests that investors are more confident in the short-term outlook than the long-term, prompting them to seek longer-term securities despite the lower yields.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Past instances of this inversion have consistently correlated with economic recessions. The phenomenon was evident before the recessions of the early 1980s, 1990s, the early 2000s dot-com boom, and, notably, the 2007-2008 financial crisis. The predictive power of this spread, rooted in decades of financial data, underscores its importance in economic forecasting.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_356836\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-356836\" style=\"width: 1534px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-356836 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/US10Y-US03MY_LOG.png\" alt=\"the spread between the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield and the 3-month Treasury yield from 1990 to 2023\" width=\"1534\" height=\"800\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-356836\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Graph showing the spread between the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield and the 3-month Treasury yield from 1990 to 2023 on a logarithmic scale (Source: TradingView)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p2\">In addition to its predictive power, the yield spread has been employed to calculate the probability of impending recessions. According to a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorkfed.org\/medialibrary\/media\/research\/current_issues\/ci2-7.pdf\">1996 research paper from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York<\/a>, the spread between the 10-year and 3-month Treasury yields can derive a model-based probability of a recession in the United States over the next 12 months. This model, historically aligned closely with actual recessions, offers a quantitative approach to gauging economic downturn risks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">By inputting the current spread value into the model, analysts can obtain a percentage likelihood of a recession occurring within the following year.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_356825\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-356825\" style=\"width: 516px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-356825 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-12-at-14.03.33.png\" alt=\"estimated recession probabilities using the yield curve spread\" width=\"516\" height=\"470\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-356825\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Table showing the estimated recession probabilities using the yield curve spread in 1996 (Source: <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorkfed.org\/medialibrary\/media\/research\/current_issues\/ci2-7.pdf\">Federal Reserve Bank of New York<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">October 2022 saw the spread turning negative, a development that raised eyebrows in financial circles. By May 2023, this spread plummeted to an all-time low of -1.88%. As of Sep. 10, it stands at a concerning -1.26%, with market analysts and investors on high alert. The Federal Reserve\u2019s recession probability model suggests a heightened recession probability, ranging from 60% to 70%.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_356834\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-356834\" style=\"width: 1534px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-356834\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ytd-spread.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1534\" height=\"800\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-356834\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Graph showing the spread between the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield and the 3-month Treasury yield YTD (Source: TradingView)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">A particularly large negative spread, such as the current one, indicates a lack of confidence in the long-term economic outlook. Investors, wary of future prospects, are flocking to longer-term securities, even if it means settling for lower returns. This behavior suggests a collective anticipation of economic headwinds in the not-so-distant future.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/us-treasury-yield-spread-dips-to-historic-lows-signaling-economic-caution\/\">U.S. Treasury yield spread dips to historic lows signaling economic caution<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\">CryptoSlate<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Treasury yields have recently been flashing warning signs. These yields, representing the return on investment for U.S. government bonds, serve as a crucial barometer of market sentiment and overall economic vitality. An area of particular interest in this context is the spread between the 10-year Treasury yield and the 3-month Treasury yield. 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