The term 'bear flattening' is likely to be the floating narrative now! What does it mean and how does it impact investors?
Bear flattener refers to the convergence of interest rates along the yield curve as short term rates rise faster than long term rates and is seen as a harbinger of an economic contraction.
So the term premium falls because the short term rates rise while long term stagnate
Why bear? Because rise in long term rates are considered as a signal of higher growth(&inflation) expectations, rise in short term rates purely reflect Central Bank's actions which emerge from tightening