High - Yield spread is the yield differential between the average yield of high - yield bonds and the average yield of comparable maturity Treasury bonds. (lplresearch.com)
, «Investors» willingness to lend to nonfinancial corporations is often summarized by credit risk spreads — that is, how much higher yields on private securities are than yields on comparable maturity Treasury securities. (accruedint.blogspot.ru)
As I mentioned earlier, RRBs yield about 0.85 % today, while regular government bonds with comparable maturities yield roughly 2.9 %. (moneysense.ca)