Widening

Bonds - issuance - yields - spreads.

In relation to a bond yield, especially at issuance, widening means an increase in the yield.

This makes the bond a higher-cost source of financing for the issuer.

The increase in yield is known as a widening, because the spread over the yield on the comparable risk-free benchmark security is increased.

See also

• Benchmark
• Bid
• Bond
• Easing
• Issuance
• Launch
• Offer
• Order book
• Quantitative easing
• Quantitative tightening
• Risk management
• Spread
• Tightening
• Yield