In this paper I propose a regime-switching approach to explain why the U.S. nominal yield curve on average has been steeper since the mid-1980s than during the Great Inflation of the 1970s. I show that, once the possibility of regime switches in the short-rate process is incorporated into...

In this paper I propose a regime switching approach to explain why the US nominal yield curve has been on average steeper since the mid-1980's than during the Great Inflation of the 1970's. I show that, once the possibility of regime switches in the short-rate process is incorporated into...