The difference between the return on government-issued securities and that on common stock.
‘The increasing demand may be a sign that investors are expecting economic conditions to improve and the yield gap between low and middle-dated investment grade bonds and gilts to narrow.’
‘December 28 - Bloomberg: ‘The average yield gap between Peru's dollar-denominated foreign bonds and U.S. Treasuries fell to a record low today as the country's economic expansion lured investors to its securities.’’
‘The net result of this is that the yield gap has narrowed slightly between Great Britain and the North.’
‘Whatever happened to the reverse yield gap?’
‘Tuesday's yield gap was the widest in seven years.’
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