Sentences with phrase «emerging market debt spreads»

Investment grade and emerging market debt spreads are right in line with the historical trend line since 2006.

Investment grade and emerging market debt spreads are right in line with the historical trend line since 2006.

Not exact matches

The continuing low level of government bond yields has supported the search for yield that has been evident over the past couple of years, with the spread between yields on US government debt and yields on both corporate and emerging market debt remaining around historical lows over the past three months (Box B).

Spreads on emerging market debt have narrowed by around 500 basis points.

Yield spreads between emerging market sovereign debt and US Treasuries have remained relatively low over the past three months in most markets (Graph 12).

Spreads on US corporate debt have generally fallen to levels last seen before the 2001 US recession (Graph 16), while spreads on emerging market sovereign debt have returned to levels last prevailing in the months prior to the Asian crisis in 1997 (GraSpreads on US corporate debt have generally fallen to levels last seen before the 2001 US recession (Graph 16), while spreads on emerging market sovereign debt have returned to levels last prevailing in the months prior to the Asian crisis in 1997 (Graspreads on emerging market sovereign debt have returned to levels last prevailing in the months prior to the Asian crisis in 1997 (Graph 17).

Spreads on European emerging market debt have also narrowed as investor concerns about political developments in Russia have subsided and the country's credit rating has been upgraded.

In our opinion, the so - called «spread sectors,» from high - yield bonds to non-agency mortgages and emerging - market debt (EMD), currently offer attractive levels of credit, prepayment, and liquidity risks, particularly for investors who know how to analyze these risks.

To be sure, asset classes such as bank loans, high - yield bonds, and emerging market debt require the investor to bear credit risk, but the yield spread over the comparable - maturity government bond provides compensation for this risk.

That, in turn, has bolstered the credit quality of emerging - market debt, resulting in a narrowing of the spread between the yield on emerging - market debt and that available on U.S. Treasury bonds.

Our allocation to Investment Grade and High - Yield Corporates, as well as Emerging Market (EM) debt, positively impacted performance as spreads tightened in January