Abstract
The VIX index and the spread between long- and short-term Treasury bond yields co-move in counterclockwise cycles that align with the business cycle. Based on this empirical fact, I predict U.S. recessions using an indicator of the economy’s location on the VIX–yield curve cycle. The proposed indicator significantly outperforms the yield curve spread in predicting U.S. recessions from 1950–2022 both in- and out-of-sample and using both static and dynamic probit models. VIX–yield curve cycles also contain predictive power above and beyond other leading economic indicators.
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