UST

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1.

The abbreviation commonly used for the United States Department of the Treasury - commonly called the US Treasury.


2.

It is also used to refer to obligations of the United States Treasury - commonly bonds.

So investors may refer to investing in USTs. Sometimes reference is made to the (yield) spread on a corporate bond above that on US Treasury bonds as "over USTs".


See also