How did The Yield Curve Predict every Recession

Shankar Narayan
4 min readApr 8, 2020

The Yield curve has had a near-perfect record in predicting recessions for the past five decades. But despite an accurately working early warning system, we somehow always managed to be caught unprepared.

What is a Yield Curve?

A yield curve is a graph that depicts yields or interest rates of bonds that mature in different time frames. It plots the…

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Shankar Narayan

He didn't care what he had or what he had left, he cared only about what he must do.