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Article Dans Une Revue Finance Research Letters Année : 2023

Do yield curve inversions predict recessions in the euro area?

Jean-Guillaume Sahuc
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David Sabes
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Based on monthly data from 1970 to 2022 and the AUROC performance metric, we show that yield curve inversions generally predict recessions in the euro area. However, there are two important limitations. First, the forecasting capability of the yield curve has tended to weaken since the global financial crisis. Second, the overall performance is driven by eurozone core countries, especially Germany. Risk premia, and more particularly the credit risk component, blur the relationship between the yield curve slope and the probability of a future recession within the so-called periphery countries.

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hal-03914540 , version 1 (28-12-2022)

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Jean-Guillaume Sahuc, David Sabes. Do yield curve inversions predict recessions in the euro area?. Finance Research Letters, 2023, 52. ⟨hal-03914540⟩
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