YIELDCURVE
Yield curve
In finance, the yield curve is a curve showing several yields or interest rates across different contract lengths for a similar debt contract. The curve shows the relation between the interest rate and the time to maturity, known as the "term", of the debt for a given borrower in a given currency. For example, the U.S. dollar interest rates paid on U.S. Treasury securities for various maturities are closely watched by many traders, and are commonly plotted on a graph such as the one on the right which is informally called "the yield curve." More formal mathematical descriptions of this relation are often called the term ...The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Yield curve
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yield curve
Noun
- The relation between the interest rate (or cost of borrowing) and the time to maturity of the debt for a given borrower in a given currency.
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