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What is an inverted yield curve? Why is it panicking markets, and why is there talk of recession?

  • Written by Mark Crosby, Professor, Monash University
imageMarkets know what has happens each time the yield curve turns negative. The idea of rates falling over time without a a recession will take getting used to.Shutterstock

Since President Trump tweeted about imposing new tariffs on China, global equity markets have gone into a tailspin.

Trump’s more recent announcement that the new tariffs would...

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