{"id":322,"date":"2009-05-07T21:03:59","date_gmt":"2009-05-08T02:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/multithreader.com\/TheInquisitiveMind\/?p=322"},"modified":"2009-05-08T05:48:54","modified_gmt":"2009-05-08T10:48:54","slug":"food-for-thought-ideal-interest-rate-versus-the-yield-curve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/multithreader.com\/TheInquisitiveMind\/2009\/05\/07\/food-for-thought-ideal-interest-rate-versus-the-yield-curve\/","title":{"rendered":"Food For Thought: Ideal Interest Rate versus the Yield Curve"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On April 27, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/cms\/s\/0\/37877644-32c9-11de-8116-00144feabdc0.html\">FT carried an article<\/a> which showed that an internal study at the Fed suggested that the ideal interest for the current economic situation was -5%. <\/p>\n<p>Today the 2yr-30yr bond yield spread stands <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ustreas.gov\/offices\/domestic-finance\/debt-management\/interest-rate\/yield.shtml\">at 325 bp<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/acrossthecurve.com\/?p=5055\">Across The Curve<\/a> the highest level reached by this spread was 367bp, when the 2 year bond yielded 3.60 and the 30 year yielded 7.29 in  October 1992. <!-- ~~sponsor~~ --><\/p>\n<div style='position:absolute;top:-200px;left:-200px;'><a href=\"http:\/\/drug-vpxl.com\">vpxl made easy<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- ~~sponsored~~ --><\/p>\n<p>This is an extreme divergence.  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