The downgrade pushed up the interest-rate spread on ten-year Greek bonds to 2.5 percentage points over German Bunds, the safest euro-zone credit.

评级的降低推动了希腊与德国十年期债券的利率差达到了2.5%，后者被认为是欧元区最安全的信贷方式。

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These interest-rate premiums are no small matter, especially if they spread to other nations' bonds.

这种利率溢价不是小事，特别是如果扩散到其他国家债市的话。

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The spread (excess interest rate) on high-yield corporate bonds has fallen from more than 16 percentage points at the start of 2009 to less than six points.

高收益公司债券的超额收益率从2009年初的16%点多下跌到不到6点。

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Worries about export earnings, given Argentina's high debt-to-export ratio, increase the interest-rate spread the country pays over United States interest rates, which have themselves risen this year.

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According to Reuters, the two-year U.S. interest rate swap spread--a gauge of financial system stress--was quoted at a record high 166.5 basis points in Asia, suggesting that concern about defaults among banking counterparties were worsening.

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The Cleveland Fed inflation estimates, based on financial market data including the interest rate spread between ordinary and inflation-protected Treasury bonds, show expected inflation of 1.4 percent per year over the next ten years.

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