Peeing in a trash can instead of walking 50 feet to the bathroom is not funny. Raiding you neighborâs cooler is not funny. Building an 8 foot tall bonfire is not funny. Asking if you can wear the park rangerâs hat is not funny. Guess whose job it is to tell them that they are not funny: the park ranger.
The main difference between yields and interest rates is that each term refers to different financial instruments. Yield commonly refers to the dividend, interest or return the investor receives from a security like a stock or bond, and is usually reported as an annual figure.
In the yield curve above, interest rates (and also the yield) increase as the maturity or holding period increasesâyield on a 30-day T-bill is 2.55 percent, compared to 4.80 percent for a 20-year Treasury bondâbut not by much.