A yield curve is a way to gauge bond investors’ sentiments about risk. It’s a graphical representation of the yields for bonds of equal credit quality and different maturity dates.

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Our curve would have been much steeper had we not acted starting a couple weeks ago," she said. "So, the actions you're taking at home are shrinking those numbers." ...