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TED spread

TED spread proper noun: the difference in yields between inter-bank and U.S. Government loans.

Proper noun

TED spread

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

Origin of TED spread

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 about TED spread

What does TED spread mean?
TED spread means the difference in yields between inter-bank and U.S. Government loans.
What part of speech is TED spread?
TED spread is a proper noun.

Words near TED spread in the dictionary

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