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It's the weekend!

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1. What is a Yield Curve?
2. Why is it an important indicator of Recession?
3. Is an Economic Recession around the corner?

Lets dive right in!

 Before we understand a Yield Curve, lets get some of the basic terminology out of the way
1. What is a Bond?

A bond is a fixed income financial instrument which represents a loan made by an investor to a borrower

The investor typically receives payment in the form of interest and a lumpsum (principal) on maturity

The interest rate on a bond is known as coupon rate.
There are many types of bonds like

1. Zero Coupon : Pays both interest and principal at maturity
2. Sovereign Bonds : Issued by a Government or a Quasi Government Institution
3. Corporate Bonds : Issued by corporate like banks, established companies etc.
Coupon (Interest Rates) on a bond are decided based on the issuer's credit rating

The higher the credit worthiness of the issuer, the lower the coupon rate

Credit Rating on a Bond is usually assigned by credit rating agencies like Moody's or Standard & Poor's (S&P)
US Treasury Bonds are always assigned a rating of AAA (Triple A) as they are backed by the Government and are considered default free

Anything with a credit rating of BBB (Triple B) or lower is considered as 'junk bond' or a 'high yield bond' as they have high risk of default
2. What is Yield?

Yield is simply the return an investor of a bond realizes over the course of the bond holding period
Formula for calculation of a Bond Yield

Bond Yield = Interest Payments / Bond Price

Since, coupon (interest) payments on a bond along with tenure of a bond is fixed

your yield on a bond simply depends on the change in its price
Let me explain this concept with an example of a Dividend Yield (easier to relate to)

The logic and concept followed for calculation and estimating a Dividend Yield can be directly applied to a bond yield as well.
Take for example, Dividend Yield calculation of ITC

ITC as per its policy issues out 85% of its profits as Dividends to its Shareholders, this comes to around ~Rs 10/share

When ITC was trading
at 180/share, the Div. Yield was 5.5%
at 254/share, Div. Yield is 3.93%
In the above calculation, the dividend didn't change but because the price in denominator of our formula changed, it led to a change in Dividend Yield
If Bond Prices go up, the Yield on the bond will decrease
If Bond Price come down, the Yield on the bond will increase
Just like stock prices, bond prices keep on changing depending on economy, Central Bank interest rates, demand + supply etc.
3. What is a Yield to Maturity?

Suppose if you buy a 10 year Govt Bond that pays 5% interest yearly for Rs 1000

If instead of selling the bond when bond price rises to Rs 1100, you held on to your bond until its maturity date till end of 10 years
The present value of all the coupon (interest) payments that you will receive on the bond along with the principal repayment at the end of 10 years, is called Yield to Maturity.
You can learn more about the concept of present value at the below link https://t.co/G8TvhDjKDh
4. What is Yield Curve?

A Yield Curve is just a graphical representation of Yields of various bonds with similar credit rating but differing maturities
When the media talks about a Yield Curve, they are primarily talking about the US Treasury Yield Curve

which depicts the Bond Yields on US Treasury Bonds for varying maturity dates ranging from 1 Month to 30 Years
So now that you have understood the basics, lets try and answer a burning question

Why is Yield Curve used to predict a Recession?
Yield Curve are typically of three types:

a. Upwards Sloping (Most of the Time)
b. Flat (Rare)
c. Inverted Yield Curve (Very Rare)
The shape of the Yield Curve is dependent on a simple logic

Yields on longer term bonds should be much higher compared to Yields on shorter term bonds

as

with longer term bonds you are taking more risk and hence need more interest as return
As such in a normal economic environment, we have upwards sloping Yield Curves like shown below
Inverted Yield Curves happen when yields on short term bonds rise above Yields on Long Term Bonds

implying that near term risk in the economy is higher compared to long term
Because near term economy is considered risky

Bond Investors start dumping their short term bonds in favour for longer duration bonds
As such

Demand for Short Term Bonds decreases, causing Bond Prices to collapse and Yields to Increase

While

Demand for Longer Term Bonds Increases, causing Bond Prices to rise and Yields to Decrease

Thus, creating the inverted Yield Curve.
Inverted Yield Curves are an excellent tool to predict upcoming Recessions as per US Federal Reserve

Here are some of their publications on this subject

https://t.co/exRUKrkeYi

https://t.co/7dvY2PQOwE

https://t.co/iqxbeaqJg4
An Inverted Yield Curve has successfully predicted every recession since 1957

It even inverted right before the pandemic!
Typically an economic recession follows after 7 to 24 months since the Yield Curve Inversion

Most recently the US Treasury 2 and 10 yr Yield Curve Inverted on 29th March 2022

imply the onset of a recession anytime between end of 2022 to 2024.
This brings me to the last Question of this thread

IS AN ECONOMIC RECSSION AROUND THE CORNER?
Short Answer : Nobody knows
All Economies, work on a Peak to Trough cycle and as much as Expansions are part of the Economic Cycle, so are Recessions

Without Recessions, we wouldn't have the opportunity to reset and economy would overheat and turn into a bubble which when popped could bring depression.
For a Recession to happen, you need several ingredients

1. Slowing Economic Growth
2. High Unemployment Rate
3. High to Medium Fed Interest Rates
None of the characteristics today satisfy the onset of a Recession
For example,

US last week reported the lowest joblessness since 1969!
World Economic Growth isn't slowing down
And Fed Interest Rates are at the bottom they have ever been with the only option for Fed to Increase them and not decrease them as they would to prevent a recession
Inflation is rampant throughout the world today but that inflation is not caused by lack or overdemand in the economy (as it would during a peak of an economic cycle)

The inflation today is purely a result of supply side shortages cause by the onset of the pandemic
Considering all of the above, will we face a recession as predicted by the Yield Curve?

I don't know and I am not sure if anybody does.
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