published May 31st 2017, 6:50 pm, by Christopher Balding (Bloomberg View) —For the first time ever, China is facing a dreaded prospect: the inverted bond yield curve. The phenomenon, in which long-term interest rates sink below short-term interest rates, has caused some consternation among market-watchers, who know it’s traditionally a
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