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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
steepen .
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Examples
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At the same time, credit curves have steepened, which is a bullish sign.
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A year and a half after the Japanese government introduced its first fiscal stimulus, the yield curve (10-year Japanese government bond yields minus the discount rate) had steepened by nearly 2 percentage points.
Many Interest Rates, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
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The Nymex oil forward curve's upward slope has steepened dramatically over the past month, indicating immediate supply isn't tight.
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From here, the way steepened to almost vertical, though at one point, a buttress of rock created a solid handhold at the top.
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Thursday's auction of ¥2.4 trillion $28.66 billion of notes is likely to meet strong demand, as the yield curve has steepened in the middle part of the yield curve and the five-year zone looks attractive compared with the short end, said Shinji Ebihara , a strategist at Credit Suisse.
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Towards the bottom of the slope my path steepened where it fell towards a pretty dell and here I came across my first flowering celandines and daisies of the season.
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Analysts say that has steepened the ascent of production costs, which Correa estimated at close to 22 cents a pound now.
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Early declines steepened after John Chambers , head of Standard & Poor's sovereign ratings committee, said Greece is "in all likelihood" headed for a default in the first half of 2012.
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Friday, the curve steepened, as the 30-year yield didn't fall as sharply as shorter-term maturities.
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In October, the decline was 17%, and in the first three weeks of November it steepened to 19% from a year earlier.
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