im not sure what this says about the outlook for the economy or if its optimistic or pessimistic

2. Based on your answer to question number 1 about the term structure, what can you say about people's expectations about future short-term rates? What about the outlook for the economy? Is it optimistic or pessimistic? People's expect short term rates to rise cach year until the maturity date since typically this is the pattem that the relationship between maturity and interest rates portrays