The Term Structure and Economic Growth: The Recession of 2001
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The Term Structure and Economic Growth: The Term Structure and Economic Growth: The Recession of 2001The Recession of 2001
Campbell R. HarveyDuke University, Durham, NC USA
National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge MA USA
http://www.duke.edu/~charvey
Global Asset Allocation and Stock Selection
UpdateJanuary 2003
• In July 2000, the Yield Curve inverted forecasting recession to begin in June 2001
• Official NBER Peak is March 2001 (Yield Curve within one quarter accurate).
• In March 2001, the Yield Curve returned to normal forecasting the end of the recession in November 2001.
• NBER has not dated the end of the recession. However, forecast looks good.
Exhibit 1
Lead Lag Analysis in Months
NBER Peak
NBER Trough
Length of Cycle Inversion Lead Normal Lead
Length of Inversion
Dec-69 Nov-70 11 Oct-68 14 Feb-70 9 16Nov-73 Mar-75 16 Jun-73 5 Jan-75 2 19Jan-80 Jul-80 6 Nov-78 14 May-80 2 18Jul-81 Nov-82 16 Oct-80 9 Oct-81 13 12Jul-90 Mar-91 8 May-89 14 Feb-90 13 9
Mar-01 ? ? Jul-00 8 Mar-01 ? 8
Average last four 11 11 7 15
Forecast evaluation:
Projected beginning of recession (as of July 2000) = Jun-01Actual NBER dating of beginning of recession Mar-01
Projected end of recession (as of March 2001) = Nov-01
Business Cycle 5-year Yield Spread
Yield Curve Inverts Before Last Six Recessions(5-year Treasury bond - 3-month Treasury bill)
-6
-4
-2
0
2
4
6
8 % Real annual GDP growth
Yield curve
RecessionCorrect 2 Recessions
Correct
RecessionCorrect Yield curve accurate
in recent forecast
RecessionCorrect
Exhibit 2
Annual GDP growthor Yield Curve
Data though 1/12/03
Recent Annualized One-Quarter GDP Growth (10-year and 5-year Yield Curves)
-4
-2
0
2
4
6
8
-2
-1
0
1
2
3
4% Real annualized one-quarter GDP growth
Data though 1/12/03
Exhibit 3
Annualized 1-quarter GDP growth
Both curvesinvert 2000Q3
10-year
5-year
Yield curve