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• downward sloping yield curve — A yield curve depicting a situation in which yields for shorter term maturities are higher than those for longer term maturities. Downward sloping yield curves are atypical. American Banker Glossary …   Financial and business terms

• curve — [[t]kɜ͟ː(r)v[/t]] curves, curving, curved 1) N COUNT: usu with supp A curve is a smooth, gradually bending line, for example part of the edge of a circle. ...the curve of his lips. ...a curve in the road. 2) V ERG If something curves, or if… …   English dictionary

• Phillips curve — The Phillips curve is a historical inverse relation between the rate of unemployment and the rate of inflation in an economy. Stated simply, the lower the unemployment in an economy, the higher the rate of increase in wages paid to labor in that… …   Wikipedia

• yield curve — A chart in which the yield level is plot on the vertical axis and the term to maturity of debt instruments of similar creditworthiness is plotted n the horizontal axis. The yield curve is positive when long term rates are higher than short term… …   Financial and business terms

• Cost curve — In economics, a cost curve is a graph of the costs of production as a function of total quantity produced. In a free market economy, productively efficient firms use these curves to find the optimal point of production (minimising cost), and… …   Wikipedia

• yield curve slope — Yield curves also describe the amount of difference between short term and long term rates. A yield curve that depicts the customary situation of long term rates higher than short term rates is called an upward sloping or positively sloped yield… …   Financial and business terms

• demand curve — ➔ curve * * * demand curve UK US noun [C, usually singular] ► ECONOMICS, GRAPHS & CHARTS the relationship, as shown by a line on a graph, between the price of goods or services and the amount or quantity that people buy during a particular period …   Financial and business terms

• Bell Curve — The most common type of distribution for a variable. The term bell curve comes from the fact that the graph used to depict a normal distribution consists of a bell shaped line. The bell curve is also known as a normal distribution. The bell curve …   Investment dictionary

• Yield curve — This article is about yield curves as used in finance. For the term s use in physics, see Yield curve (physics). Not to be confused with Yield curve spread – see Z spread. The US dollar yield curve as of February 9, 2005. The curve has a typical… …   Wikipedia

• Yield curve — The graphical depiction of the relationship between the yield on bonds of the same credit quality but different maturities. Related: Term structure of interest rates. Harvey (1991) finds that the inversions of the yield curve (short term rates… …   Financial and business terms

• demand curve — ▪ economics  in economics, a graphic representation of the relationship between product price and the quantity of the product demanded. It is drawn with price on the vertical axis of the graph and quantity demanded on the horizontal axis. With… …   Universalium