learn more...The bond market in the US isclassified into sectors based on the type of issuer.
The intermarket sector spread is the yield spread between theinterest rate offered in two sectors of the bond market with the same maturity.The most common one is the yield spread between Treasury securities and somesector of the non-Treasury market with the same maturity. The intramarket sector spread is the spread between two issues within a market sector. For example, thespread with AAA-rated corporate bonds and BBB-rated corporate bonds is anintramarket sector spread. The yield spread typically increases with maturity. The factors thataffect the intermarket and intramarket yield spreads in addition to maturityare:
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