Over the past year-and-a-half, as the Reserve Bank of India has raised interest rates and progressively drained the banking system of excess liquidity, the spreads between government bond (Gsec) yields and AAA-rated corporate bond yields have shot up.
Shorter-dated US Treasury yields surge in anticipation of another Fed rate hike
The Federal Reserve increased interest rates for the first time in over three years. Policymakers anticipate at least one more quarter-percentage-point hike by year-end. Shorter-dated