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Market rates for different maturities of funds are usually different, with longer term rates often - but not always - being higher. | Market rates for different maturities of funds are usually different, with longer term rates often - but not always - being higher. | ||
A yield curve describes today’s market rates per annum on fixed rate funds for a series of otherwise comparable securities, having different maturities. | A yield curve describes today’s market rates (usually per annum) on fixed rate funds for a series of otherwise comparable securities, having different maturities. | ||
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The shape of today's yield curve is influenced by - but not entirely determined by - the market's expectations about future changes in market rates. | The shape of today's yield curve is influenced by - but not entirely determined by - the market's expectations about future changes in market rates. | ||
The yield curve is sometimes also known as the Term structure of interest rates. | The yield curve is sometimes also known as the Term structure of interest rates. | ||
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* [[Flat yield curve]] | * [[Flat yield curve]] | ||
* [[Forward yield]] | * [[Forward yield]] | ||
* [[Green curve]] | |||
* [[Greenium]] | |||
* [[Inverse yield curve]] | * [[Inverse yield curve]] | ||
* [[Inverted yield curve]] | |||
* [[Negative yield curve]] | * [[Negative yield curve]] | ||
* [[Net interest risk]] | * [[Net interest risk]] | ||
* [[No arbitrage conditions]] | |||
* [[Par yield]] | * [[Par yield]] | ||
* [[Positive yield curve]] | * [[Positive yield curve]] | ||
* [[Riding the yield curve]] | * [[Riding the yield curve]] | ||
* [[Rising yield curve]] | * [[Rising yield curve]] | ||
* [[Secondary curve]] | |||
* [[Spread risk]] | * [[Spread risk]] | ||
* [[Yield curve risk]] | * [[Yield curve risk]] | ||
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==Other resources== | |||
[http://www.treasurers.org/node/9361 Treasury essentials: Yield curves, The Treasurer, September 2013] | [http://www.treasurers.org/node/9361 Treasury essentials: Yield curves, The Treasurer, September 2013] | ||
Latest revision as of 20:33, 1 July 2022
Market rates for different maturities of funds are usually different, with longer term rates often - but not always - being higher.
A yield curve describes today’s market rates (usually per annum) on fixed rate funds for a series of otherwise comparable securities, having different maturities.
There are three ways of expressing today’s yield curve:
- Zero coupon yield curve.
- Forward yield curve.
- Par yield curve.
If any one of the curves is known, then each of the other two can be calculated by using no-arbitrage pricing assumptions.
The shape of today's yield curve is influenced by - but not entirely determined by - the market's expectations about future changes in market rates.
The yield curve is sometimes also known as the Term structure of interest rates.
See also
- Bootstrap
- Expectations theory
- Falling yield curve
- Fisher-Weil duration
- Flat yield curve
- Forward yield
- Green curve
- Greenium
- Inverse yield curve
- Inverted yield curve
- Negative yield curve
- Net interest risk
- No arbitrage conditions
- Par yield
- Positive yield curve
- Riding the yield curve
- Rising yield curve
- Secondary curve
- Spread risk
- Yield curve risk
- Zero coupon yield
Other resources
Treasury essentials: Yield curves, The Treasurer, September 2013
