What Happens To Bond Prices During A Recession?

Inversions of yield curves have frequently preceded recessions in recent decades, but they do not cause them. Bond prices, on the other hand, indicate investors’ anticipation that longer-term rates will fall, as they usually do during a recession. Do bonds perform well during a downturn? Bonds can perform well during a recession because investors prefer […]

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Is There An Inflation?

High inflation, which had been an economic afterthought for decades, resurfaced with startling speed last year. The consumer price index of the Labor Department was only 1.7 percent higher in February 2021 than it was a year earlier. From there, year-over-year price hikes rapidly increased: 2.6 percent in March, 4.2 percent in April, 4.9 percent

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