The difference between the return on government-issued securities and that on ordinary shares.
〔财政〕收益差额（指政府债券的收益和普通股票收益间的差额）
Example sentencesExamples
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.’
Tuesday's yield gap was the widest in seven years.
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.
Whatever happened to the reverse yield gap?
The net result of this is that the yield gap has narrowed slightly between Great Britain and the North.
Definition of yield gap in US English:
yield gap
nounˈyēld ˌɡap
Finance
The difference between the return on government-issued securities and that on common stock.
〔财政〕收益差额（指政府债券的收益和普通股票收益间的差额）
Example sentencesExamples
The net result of this is that the yield gap has narrowed slightly between Great Britain and the North.
Tuesday's yield gap was the widest in seven years.
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 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.