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ted spread

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.15 in modern English

Syllables
ted spread
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The difference in yields between inter-bank and U.S. Government loans.

Etymology

Initially, the TED spread was the difference between the interest rate for the three month U.S. Treasuries contract and three month Eurodollars contract as represented by the London Inter Bank Offered Rate. So "TED" came from the initialism of "T-Bill" and "ED"—the ticker symbol for the Eurodollar futures contract. Since the Chicago Mercantile Exchange dropped the T-bill futures, the TED spread has had the current definition.

Questions

What does ted spread mean?
The difference in yields between inter-bank and U.S. Government loans.
Where does ted spread come from?
Initially, the TED spread was the difference between the interest rate for the three month U.S. Treasuries contract and three month Eurodollars contract as represented by the London Inter Bank Offered Rate. So "TED" came from the initialism of "T-Bill" and "ED"—the ticker symbol for the Eurodollar futures contract. Since the Chicago Mercantile Exchange dropped the T-bill futures, the TED spread has had the current definition.

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