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HEDGING FOR LOAN GROWTH
With a flat and low yield curve, borrowers’ demand for long-term fixed-rate loans is high. Furthermore, based on the forward market and most analysts’ predictions, the yield curve is expected to stay low and flat in 2020. The difference between five and ten-year loan rates is currently only nine basis points, and the difference between five and 20-year loan rates is 21 basis points.
