Much, but not all of the upset in the lending markets (which, if you look
at swap spreads, the current manifestation of the crisis seems to be passing — down 4 basis points today), is from deflating values in housing.
Not exact matches
The resulting increase in corporate bond issuance has pushed up
swap spreads, with the
spread on US 10 - year (bank / government)
swaps, for example, recently
at its highest level for several years (Graph 7).
The 10 - year
swap spread in the United States, for example, has increased in 2000 by about 50 basis points, to a level higher than
at the time of disruptions in markets during the LTCM crisis in 1998.
By targeting an enzyme that bacteria use to
swap genetic material, researchers
at the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill, have stopped the microbes» ability to
spread, among other advantageous mutations, resistance to antibiotics.
Given the smaller move down in T - bill yields, 14 basis points, that would leave the TED
spread at 132 basis points, which is still quite high, and higher than the 10 - year
swap spread.
A risky borrower may enter a
swap with bank A, which then takes an offsetting
swap position with bank B (earning a bit of the credit
spread as its compensation), and so on, with a cheerful money market investor
at the end of the chain holding a safe, government backed security, oblivious to the chain of counterparty risk in between.
Through options and
swaps, which have larger bid - ask
spreads, maintaining the leverage is
at low cost is tough.
John Jansen used to complain about the 30 - year
swap spread, but now we are negative
at 10 and 7 years as well, and 5 years is not far away
at +7 basis points.
Our debt ratings utilize fixed income market data such as bond - implied gaps and credit default
swap spreads as well as traditional credit analysis to arrive
at a debt rating that we feel is more accurate and timely than conventional debt ratings.
Finally,
at the execution stage, the project's software will scan cryptocurrency markets in order to obtain the following data: token, token futures and token
swaps prices,
swap / borrow rates, bid / ask
spreads, commissions / rebate rates.
Triple - A
spreads, which were
at swaps plus 42 basis points in mid-July, could widen beyond the levels of the J.P. Morgan - Wachovia offering if general business anxiety continues.
Says Peter Horos, a regional manager
at Allstate: «There will be a lot of investor demand if triple - A
spreads go as wide as interest - rate
swaps plus 50 basis points.»
The benchmark class for the year's final conduit, UBSCM 2017 - C7, priced
at a
spread of 87 basis points more than
swaps.
At their tightest, benchmark bonds (those with 10 - year lives and the highest possible ratings) were printing at spreads of less than 25 basis points more than swap
At their tightest, benchmark bonds (those with 10 - year lives and the highest possible ratings) were printing
at spreads of less than 25 basis points more than swap
at spreads of less than 25 basis points more than
swaps.