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The Fed studied prices for a variety of industrial and agricultural commodities, the yield curve, the foreign-exchange value of the dollar, and gold to gauge whether policy was accommodative or restrictive.

From Barron's • Jun. 26, 2026

The optimal tariff is the top of an inverted-U curve of options, similar in shape to the Laffer curve.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026

Treasury yields edged higher in Asian trade, slightly more so on the short end of the curve, signaling market expectations of Federal Reserve interest-rate hikes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

The bond market is not going to take any of this lightly, either, and the clearest sign of this would be a continued flattening of the yield curve.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 24, 2026

I see the lights scattered all over the town, sometimes in rows where the streets are, and sometimes singly; they run right up the Esk and die away in the curve of the valley.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker