It is conventional wisdom that the reduced form Phillips curve has become flatter in recent decades. Accordingly, we show that the statistical relationship between changes in U.S. inflation and ...

What is the Normal Yield Curve? The normal yield curve is a yield curve in which short-term debt instruments have a lower yield than long-term debt instruments of the same credit quality. This gives ...

This paper presents results of a study to assess the optimum slope of load-deflection curve to be used in bending Young's modulus calculation. Bending tests were carried out in accordance with ...

On the basis of selected experimental data a preliminary working hypothesis is advanced which may be the starting-point of experimental work for the establishment of the correlation between the slope ...