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High yield spread

What high-yield corporate bonds pay above Treasuries, as an option-adjusted spread. Published by FRED, from ICE BofA.

Market data, for 2026-11-05. Written to our own tables on 2026-11-07.

348 bp
Spread
+45 bp
1 month
+43 bp
1 year

Its own history

2023-11-03 to 2026-11-05348 bp
High yield spread is down from 404.0bp on 2023-11-03 to 348.0bp on 2026-11-05, a move of 56.0bp.

The last close of each week from 2023-11-03 to 2026-11-05. A week with no close is left empty.

+16 bp
1 day
n/a
5 years

We hold no close far enough back to measure this span.

What a yield cannot have

A yield is a measure of a market. Nothing issues it and nothing is filed about it.

cannot exist

Earnings per share

A yield is a measure of a market, not of a company. Nothing issues it, nothing files accounts for it, so this figure does not apply.

cannot exist

Return on equity

A yield is a measure of a market, not of a company. Nothing issues it, nothing files accounts for it, so this figure does not apply.

cannot exist

Revenue

A yield is a measure of a market, not of a company. Nothing issues it, nothing files accounts for it, so this figure does not apply.

cannot exist

Book value per share

A yield is a measure of a market, not of a company. Nothing issues it, nothing files accounts for it, so this figure does not apply.

cannot exist

Filed statements

Nothing is filed about a yield. The Treasury publishes the par curve and FRED publishes the spreads, both named on this page, and neither is a filing.

Yields and spreads carried: 16, counted 2026-11-08

Filed figures cite the filing they come from; figures marked Market data are quotes as of the date shown. Not a recommendation and not advice.

Past figures are not a forecast. Anything we modelled is labelled as ours. You can lose money on any security.