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Which of the following best defines the Z-spread of a corporate bond?

  1. The difference between the bond's yield to maturity and the yield of a single on-the-run government benchmark.
  2. The spread over the benchmark swap rate at the bond's interpolated maturity.
  3. The spread remaining after stripping out the value of an embedded call option.
  4. The constant spread added to the entire benchmark spot curve that equates the present value of cash flows to the market price.

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