Sentences with phrase «pushed bond spreads»

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«Liquidity,» in fact, is THE watchword now in bond trading — ironic, considering that the U.S. central bank's primary intention has been to boost the flow of cash through financial markets, drive a push toward riskier assets like stocks and corporate credit, and thus generate a wealth effect that would spread through the economy.

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 divergence between CDS spreads and actual high yield bond yields show that the bond market has not followed CDS spreads movements due to the appetite for yield supporting the high yield market and pushing bond yields down.

With so many investors flocking to junk bonds, their prices have risen - pushing down their interest rates and narrowing the spread between risky and safer bonds.