The higher the maturity risk premium, the higher the probability that the yield curve will be inverted. b. The most likely explanation for an inverted yield curve is that investors expect inflation to increase. c. The most likely explanation for an inverted yield curve is that investors expect inflation to decrease. d. If the yield curve is inverted, short-term bonds have lower yields than long-term bonds. e.
Ideally, harvest pumpkins on a dry, sunny day. Wear gloves to protect your hands from the prickly vines. Use hand pruners or a sharp knife to cut the vine on either side of the stem. Give your pumpkin at least a few inches of stemâup to 6 is fantastic. You can trim off excess vine pieces later.
Never carry a pumpkin by its stem. If the stem begins to pull away from the pumpkin, the fruit will rapidly start to spoil. The stem acts as a seal, if you will, to keep the pumpkin free from attack by organisms that cause decay. Pull your vine as soon as you harvest all the pumpkins. If the leaves had any disease, such as powdery mildew, do not add them to your compost pile. Instead, bag them and send them out with your trash or to a municipal composting facility where the compost piles get hot enough to destroy fungus spores.