Credit Default Swaps

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
CDS
Pronunciation
/ˈkrɛdɪt dɪˈfɔlt swɑps/
Category
Miscellaneous
Related Field
Unclassified

Examples in Context

  1. Bond markets even rose, while credit default swaps on UK sovereign debt tightened 7 basis points.
  2. The new code expanded the scope and definition of financial transactions not covered by bankruptcy rules to include credit default swaps and mortgage repurchase agreements.
  3. But thanks to credit default swaps, you can place convenient bets on the break-up of the eurozone.
  4. Tenth, consolidate settlement of over-the-counter trading and credit default swaps.
  5. Such defaults would spread losses in credit default swaps, which insure such debt.

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