Feb 1 (Reuters) - Moody’s:
* MOODY’S SAYS EXPECT US TREASURY YIELDS WILL RISE IN 2018, REFLECTING STRONGER GROWTH MOMENTUM AND WIDENING OF FISCAL DEFICIT
* MOODY’S SAYS AT THIS POINT IN TIME, DO NOT SEE THE FLATTENING OF THE YIELD CURVE AS SIGNALING RECESSION
* MOODY’S SAYS BELIEVE FLATTENING OF TREASURY YIELD CURVE REFLECTS CURRENTLY VERY LOW TERM PREMIUM
* MOODY’S SAYS U.S. ECONOMIC GROWTH MOMENTUM IN 2018 TO BE STRONG ENOUGH TO SUPPORT 3 RATE HIKES, POSSIBLY 4, IF CORE INFLATION, WAGES “FIRM UP”