(idea) by spelunk Thu Aug 03 2000 at 23:27:57
In fixed income, the weighted average time-to-maturity in years of a bond's cash flows.

It is an approximation of price sensitivity of a bond, although modified duration is a better measure.

Frederic Macaulay developed the concept in 1938.

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