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flat yield curve

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Flat Yield Curve
A chart that shows that the yields of bonds with short maturities are equal to the yields of bonds with longer maturities.



Notes:
When short and long term bonds are offering equivalent yields, investors should choose the bond with the least amount of risk.

flat yield curve
At a particular time, similar yields on bonds of similar risk at all maturity lengths. During a period of a flat yield curve an investor would receive approximately the same yield on a long-term bond as he or she would on a short-term bond, although the former would be subject to greater price fluctuations.
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Short-term rates have moved dramatically upward, but the rise in longer-term rates has been slower, resulting in a flat yield curve.
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