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</tR> </TABLE></B></div> <bR> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="601" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 78 WIDTH="585"><div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New" ><B>Yield Spread</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New" ><B> </B></FONT><B>between 5 year Treasury Notes yield </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#3300CC" FACE="Courier New" ><B>(blue)</B></FONT><B>,and 13 week T-Bill yield </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#CC0033" FACE="Courier New" ><B>(red)</B></FONT><B>. 10 year Notes yield (black),30 year Bonds yield </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF33FF" FACE="Courier New" ><B>(magenta)</B></FONT><B>. </B><B><U>Spread</U></B><B> between 5 year Notes and T-Bills (</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Courier New" ><B>maroon</B></FONT><B>).</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B> <A NAME="yield"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 35 WIDTH="585"> <IMG SRC="../../images/df/interest/y_l_d.gif" border=0 ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="5"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="35" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="5" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 78 WIDTH="585"><div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New" ><B>Yield Spread (Recent)</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Courier New" ><B> </B></FONT><B>between 5 year Treasury Notes yield </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#3300CC" FACE="Courier New" ><B>(blue)</B></FONT><B>,and 13 week T-Bill yield </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#CC0033" FACE="Courier New" ><B>(red)</B></FONT><B>. 10 year Notes yield (black),30 year Bonds yield </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF33FF" FACE="Courier New" ><B>(magenta)</B></FONT><B>. </B><B><U>Spread</U></B><B> between 5 year Notes and T-Bills (</B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Courier New" ><B>maroon</B></FONT><B>).</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B> <A NAME="yield_recent"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 27 WIDTH="585"> <IMG SRC="../../images/df/interest/yld_recent.gif" border=0 ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="5"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="27" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="5" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 25 WIDTH="585"><div> <B><U><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a7300a801180099ff00.png" HEIGHT="19" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Yield Notes & Links:</U></B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B> <A NAME="notes___links"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 163 WIDTH="585"><div> <A HREF="http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h15/update/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ff003300.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Selected Interest Rates (Daily)</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://bonds.yahoo.com/rates.html" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://bonds.yahoo.com/rates.html"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c8ff003300.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">U.S. Treasury Yield Curve</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700c800000000.png" HEIGHT="13" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">10/12/05 The yield curve has been a good predictor of recessions in the United States over many years and probably still is, according to a report issued by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="5"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="163" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="5" HSPACE="0" 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