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ICE BofA US High Yield Index Option-Adjusted Spread (BAMLH0A0HYM2) on 2026-05-18

On May 18, 2026, the ICE BofA US High Yield Index Option-Adjusted Spread (BAMLH0A0HYM2) was 2.83%, up 0.03 percentage points from 2.80% on May 15, 2026, and down 0.33 percentage points from 3.16% on May 16, 2025. The reading was higher than 8% of the 1,667 earlier readings stored since January 2, 2020, and within a 52-week range of 2.64% to 3.46%.

Value
2.83
Percent
Change from prior reading
+0.03
+1.07%
Series
Daily · Corporate Bond Spreads

Change against earlier readings

Compared with Date Value Change
Previous reading 2026-05-15 2.80 +0.03
1 week earlier 2026-05-11 2.79 +0.04
1 month earlier 2026-04-17 2.83 0.00
1 year earlier 2025-05-16 3.16 -0.33

Changes are in percentage points.

Percentile in stored history
8%
Higher than 136 of the 1,667 earlier readings stored since Jan 2, 2020
52-week range
2.64% to 3.46%
Low on Jan 22, 2026, high on Mar 30, 2026

Readings around May 18, 2026

243 readings from Nov 17, 2025 to Oct 19, 2026; the dot marks this reading.

This is a historical observation from Federal Reserve Economic Data. Units and frequency are shown as supplied for the series.