High Yield Credit Spreads

Measures financial stress by comparing risky corporate debt to government bonds.

2.9%

Trend YoY growth is -0.0%, accelerating by 1 bps/month over the last 5Y. Deviations have remained below trend for 10 consecutive periods. Latest: -1.4%, 1.4 pp below trend, a 1.1σ deviation. The latest YoY reading is depressed by 1.6 pp due to an tough comparison base from Apr 8.

Level

YoY Change

y = −0.8% + 1 bps/mo · t

Deviation from trend

Forecast

Rolling 1Y trend forecast

Forecast made inMay '25Jun '25Jul '25Aug '25Sep '25Oct '25Nov '25Dec '25Jan '26Feb '26Mar '26Apr '26May '26Jun '26Jul '26Aug '26Sep '26Oct '26Nov '26Dec '26Jan '27Feb '27Mar '27Apr '27
May '25+0.0%+0.2%+0.3%+0.4%+0.5%+0.6%+0.8%+0.9%+1.0%+1.1%+1.3%+1.4%+1.5%+1.6%+1.8%+1.9%+2.0%+2.1%+2.2%+2.4%+2.5%+2.6%+2.7%+2.9%
Jun '25+0.1%+0.2%+0.4%+0.5%+0.6%+0.7%+0.8%+1.0%+1.1%+1.2%+1.3%+1.4%+1.5%+1.7%+1.8%+1.9%+2.0%+2.1%+2.3%+2.4%+2.5%+2.6%+2.7%
Jul '25+0.2%+0.3%+0.4%+0.5%+0.6%+0.7%+0.9%+1.0%+1.1%+1.2%+1.3%+1.4%+1.5%+1.6%+1.8%+1.9%+2.0%+2.1%+2.2%+2.3%+2.4%+2.6%
Aug '25+0.2%+0.3%+0.4%+0.5%+0.6%+0.7%+0.8%+0.9%+1.1%+1.2%+1.3%+1.4%+1.5%+1.6%+1.7%+1.8%+1.9%+2.1%+2.2%+2.3%+2.4%
Sep '25+0.2%+0.3%+0.4%+0.5%+0.6%+0.7%+0.8%+0.9%+1.0%+1.1%+1.2%+1.3%+1.5%+1.6%+1.7%+1.8%+1.9%+2.0%+2.1%+2.2%
Oct '25+0.1%+0.2%+0.3%+0.4%+0.5%+0.6%+0.7%+0.8%+0.9%+1.0%+1.1%+1.1%+1.2%+1.3%+1.4%+1.5%+1.6%+1.7%+1.8%
Nov '25+0.1%+0.2%+0.2%+0.3%+0.4%+0.4%+0.5%+0.6%+0.6%+0.7%+0.8%+0.8%+0.9%+1.0%+1.0%+1.1%+1.2%+1.2%
Dec '25+0.1%+0.2%+0.2%+0.3%+0.3%+0.4%+0.4%+0.5%+0.5%+0.6%+0.6%+0.7%+0.7%+0.8%+0.8%+0.9%+0.9%
Jan '26+0.1%+0.1%+0.2%+0.2%+0.2%+0.3%+0.3%+0.3%+0.3%+0.4%+0.4%+0.4%+0.5%+0.5%+0.5%+0.6%
Feb '26+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%+0.1%+0.1%+0.1%+0.1%+0.1%
Mar '26+0.0%+0.0%+0.0%-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%-0.2%-0.2%
Apr '26-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%-0.1%-0.2%-0.2%-0.2%-0.2%-0.2%-0.2%-0.2%-0.3%-0.3%