Why should we care what the Term Structure of Interest Rates looks like? The Expectations Theory of the Term Structure of Interest Rates implies that the term structure is the result of expected...

Why should we care what

the Term Structure of Interest Rates

looks like?

The

Expectations Theory

of the Term Structure of Interest Rates implies that the term structure is the result of expected inflation rates in the future.  What

else

might cause the term structure to be what it is, that might not be in the Expectations Theory?