Spread one generally calls the difference between two unit-same sizes which can be compared in the economy. As indicator the Spread finds in particular to application in the securities trading and in the political economy.

Course-referred Spreads

Spread one calls the span between money and selling rate with the securities trading. Usually private investors buy to the higher selling rate (offer in the market) and sell to the lower buying rate (demand of the market). This difference is called money/letter breakdown or Spread. Thus the costs of the investor are with the purchase and sales of securities the smaller, the smaller the Spread precipitate. Usually this varies depending upon stock broking place.

Interest-referred Spreads

Beyond that the term is used also for the comparison of two different interest rates. Both in the securities trading and in the is the Zinsspread (also interest difference) as span between long-term and short term interest. Here often the interest of ten-year government loans with the 3-Monatszins is compared. A similar characteristic number is the interest structure.

Likewise as Zinsspread one designates the difference between a reference interest without risk and the customer record in case of variable interest-bearing business.

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  "A Reexamination Of The Predictability Of Economic Activity Using The Yield Spread," Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, 2002, v34(2,May), 340-360. ...


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  A Reexamination of the Predictability of Economic Activity Using the Yield Spread. Author info | Abstract | Publisher info | Download info | Related ...


• Does the yield spread predict real economic activity : a ...
  Downloadable ! Author(s): Catherine Bonser-Neal & Timothy R. Morley. 1997 Abstract: This article evaluates the ability of the yield spread to forecast real ...


• Modern Economic Growth: Rate, Structure and Spread
  Modern Economic Growth: Rate, Structure, and Spread is the fulfillment of a vision that redefined the study of economic growth. With the emergence after ...


• The predictive content of the interest rate term spread for future ...
  1998 Abstract: The interest rate term spread contains useful information for predicting both economic activity and the probability of recessions.


• The Spread of Industry: Spatial Agglomeration in Economic Development
  Downloadable ! Author(s): D Puga. 1996 Abstract: No abstract is available for this item.