The Convention in the Marketplace Is to Refer to a Treasury

question 33

Multiple Choice

The convention in the marketplace is to refer to a Treasury positively sloped yield curve whose maturity spread (measured by the six month and 30-year yields) as a ________ when the spread is 300 basis points or less.

• A) maturity yield curve
• B) positively sloped yield curve
• C) normal yield curve
• D) negatively sloped yield curve

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