Yield curve
The yield curve is the line of Treasury yields from three months to thirty years, normally sloping up because longer loans pay more. The short end follows the Fed and the long end follows the market, so its shape is the bond market's view of the Fed against the economy, and it draws the rates line through the eleven sectors.
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