US Corporate Bond Yields

Market Briefing: US Corporate Bond Yields

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May 5, 2022

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US Corporate Bond Yields

Figure 1.

10

10

CORPORATE BOND YIELDS

(percent, daily)

9

9

8

Corporate Yields

8

Aaa (4.23)

Baa (5.11)

7

Average of Aaa & Baa (4.67)

7

6

6

5

5

5/5

4

4

3

3



2

2

97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

Source: Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Haver Analytics.

Figure 2.

20

20

CORPORATE BOND YIELDS

18

(percent)

18

16

Corporate Yields

16

Aaa (3.79)

14

Baa (4.63)

14

Average of Aaa & Baa (4.21)

12

12

10

10

8

8

Dec

6

6

4

Apr 4



2

2

21 26 31 36 41 46 51 56 61 66 71 76 81 86 91 96 01 06 11 16 21 26

* Moody's seasoned Baa corporate bond yield from 1962 to 1996, then Bank of America Merrill Lynch A-BBB corporate bond yield. Source: Federal Reserve Board.

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US Corporate Bond Yields

Figure 3.

6.0

6.0

BOFA MERRILL LYNCH CORPORATE BOND YIELDS & TEN-YEAR TREASURY YIELD

5.5 (percent)

5.5

5.0

5.0

4.5

4.5

Average of Aaa & Baa Bond Yields

4.0

Minus 10-Year Treasury Yield* (1.6)

4.0

3.5

3.5

3.0

3.0

2.5

2.5

2.0

2.0

1.5

4/29 1.5

1.0

1.0

.5

.5



.0

.0

62 64 66 68 70 72 74 76 78 80 82 84 86 88 90 92 94 96 98 00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24

* Moody's seasoned Baa corporate bond yield from 1962 to 1996, then Bank of America Merrill Lynch A-BBB corporate bond yield. Source: Federal Reserve Board and Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Figure 4.

6

6

BOFA MERRILL LYNCH CORPORATE BOND YIELDS & TEN-YEAR TREASURY YIELD

(percent)

5

5

Average of Aaa & Baa Corporate Bond Yields

4

Minus Ten-Year Treasury Yield* (1.5)

4

3

3

2

2

Apr

1

1



0

0

62 64 66 68 70 72 74 76 78 80 82 84 86 88 90 92 94 96 98 00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24

* Moody's seasoned Baa corporate bond yield from 1962 to 1996, then Bank of America Merrill Lynch A-BBB corporate bond yield. Source: Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

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Figure 5.

20

20

AAA SEASONED CORPORATE BOND YIELDS*

(percent)

18

18

16

16

14

14

12

12

10

10

8

8

6

6

4

5/5 4

2

2



0

0

62 64 66 68 70 72 74 76 78 80 82 84 86 88 90 92 94 96 98 00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24

* Moody's seasoned Aaa corporate bond yield from 1962 to 1996, then Bank of America Merrill Lynch AAA corporate bond yield. Source: Federal Reserve Board and Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Figure 6.

20

20

BAA SEASONED CORPORATE BOND YIELDS*

(percent)

18

18

16

16

14

14

12

12

10

10

8

8

6

6

4/29

4

4



2

2

62 64 66 68 70 72 74 76 78 80 82 84 86 88 90 92 94 96 98 00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24

* Moody's seasoned Baa corporate bond yield from 1962 to 1996, then Bank of America Merrill Lynch BBB corporate bond yield. Source: Federal Reserve Board and Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

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