Some financial analysis pundits are running around yelling "The sky is falling, the sky is falling" because the yield curve is flattening. Others are yelling as loudly as the lookouts on the Titanic that "No captain, I don't see any icebergs anywhere around here." There are a lot of other people that fall somewhere along those two extremes. The shape of the yield curve, and especially changes in the shape of the yield curve, are important considerations. Explain what the yield curve is, what is happening to it today, and what you think that portends for corporations that issue bonds.