UST

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

• Spread
• Treasury
• Yield