Waiting for a curve
The shape classifier will update with the animation.
—Watch the daily par yield curve move between two dates. Weekends and market holidays automatically snap to published observations. History starts January 2, 1990; some maturities are unavailable in earlier years.
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—Press Play to classify how short and long yields move.
—The global interpretation will build from the change in U.S. rates.
Most direct for global financing conditions; less direct for global growth.Short yields fall faster than long yields—often easing expectations, disinflation, or growth concern.
Long yields rise faster—often stronger nominal growth, inflation risk, or a higher term premium.
Long yields fall faster—often softer long-run expectations or demand for safe duration.
Short yields rise faster—often a more restrictive near-term central-bank path.
“Bull” means yields fell and “bear” means yields rose; it is bond-market language, not a judgment that the economic news is good or bad. Classifier thresholds are descriptive and are not a calibrated forecasting model.
Source: U.S. Treasury daily par yield curve rates. Interpretation references: New York Fed 10Y–3M model, Federal Reserve research on term spreads, and BIS research on global yield spillovers. The faint lines mark the selected range’s first and last published curves.