(Reuters) -The U.S. Treasury yield curve, a crucial barometer of how the economy is doing, has steepened on fears of mounting public debt, President Donald Trump's attempts to exert control over the ...

Under normal conditions, the curve slopes upward: short-term rates are low, long-term rates are higher. That’s logical. If you’re going to lend your money for 30 years, you demand a higher return than ...

Simulations using a Phillips curve-type relationship provide insights into the importance of demand versus supply for inflation over different periods. The decade of low inflation after the Great ...