According to the NPS, park rangers seeking permanent employment (not seasonally, like summer park rangers) earn starting salaries anywhere from $20,908 for a GS-5 to $31,680 for a GS-9. The employee level and salary depends on the experience and college degree of the applicant.
UNDERSTANDING YIELD CURVES A yield curve is a line graph that illustrates the relationship between the yields and maturities of fixed income securities. Yield curve graphs provide a quick way to review and compare the yields that different types of fixed income securities offer, and to determine investor expectations for market conditions in the future.
An inverted yield curve, by contrast, has been a reliable indicator of impending economic slumps, like the one that started about 10 years ago. In particular, the spread between three-month bills and 10-year Treasuries has inverted before each of the past seven recessions.