An inverted yield curve means the Federal Reserve has manipulated short term rates way above what the market would charge.
For an animation of the manipulation go here:
https://stockcharts.com/freecharts/yieldcurve.php
Amazingly, many FReepers support such manipulation by the Ivy League elites and are against the market.
“An inverted yield curve means the Federal Reserve has manipulated short term rates way above what the market would charge.”
Yes, that’s happened in the past.
That’s not what is happening now. Due to a half dozen European nations offering NEGATIVE yield on their debt the market has bid down US debt at out auctions.