Negative carry when financing a bond purchase in the repo market during yield curve inversion

Reading 13. Example 4.

With an inverted yield curve, a manager faces negative carry when financing a bond purchase in the
repo market.

Can someone please explain this to me?

The overnight borrowing rate is 2% and the yield on the one-year bond you buy is 1%.

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Ha. So simple when you put it that way.