risk-free
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Those spreads represent the average excess yield lenders demand by credit-rating category compared with theoretically risk-free Treasury debt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
"That starts with understanding whether the sunlight we consider 'safe' is truly risk-free at the cellular level."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
In each case that translates into higher rates throughout the financial system, since banks will demand higher returns for all sorts of lending compared to these risk-free benchmarks.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
Despite recent pressure from a series of megasize $25 billion AI-related bond deals this year, spreads in U.S. investment-grade corporate remain nearly 80 basis points above the risk-free Treasury rate and around historic lows.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
The Wall Street bond traders on the other end of the phone from Howie Hubler came away with the impression that he considered these bets entirely risk-free.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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