Government Bonds in a sentence

This asset allocation will prescribe a percentage allocation to be invested in stocks (either preferred stock and/or common stock), bonds (for example mutual bonds or government bonds, or corporate bonds), cash and alternative investments.

Instead of buying government bonds, central banks can implement quantitative easing by buying not only government bonds, but also other assets such as corporate bonds, stocks, and other securities.

When comparing their yields with equivalent Lithuanian bonds, it can be concluded that Estonian government bonds offer yields that are 10-15 basis points lower than those of the largest Baltic state's bonds.

Government bonds and bonds issued by government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) are often considered to be in a zero-risk category above AAA; and categories like AA and A may sometimes be split into finer subdivisions like "AA−" or "AA+".

He attacked the over 78% of domestic debt made up of federal government bonds, with less than 2% coming from infrastructure bonds like Sukuk.

But since these funds are composed of US government bonds which are adjusted for inflation, they have ridden the strong bandwagon for US bonds.

The fund generally invests at least 90% of its assets in the bonds of the underlying index and at least 95% of its assets in U.S. government bonds.

Although more than $15 trillion of government bonds are trading at negative yields around the world, U.S. bonds are still in positive territory.

In an announcement on its bond-buying plans for October, the BOJ said that it will cut its target purchase amount for four maturity categories for Japanese government bonds (JGBs) - three to five, five to ten, ten to 25 and 25 to 40-year bonds.

Since the Second World War, every time the return on 10-year U.S. government bonds has gone below the U.S. two-year bonds, there has been a recession soon after.

The yield curve is the difference between interest rates on short-term government bonds and long-term bonds.

Certain government bonds could not be redeemed without the consent of the bondholder and had been issued when interest rates were high; consequently each bond represented a long-term drain on public finances, as bonds were hardly ever redeemed.

During the administration, debt reduction was also put into consideration and as such, the issuance of certain government bonds called Brady Bonds also came to fruition in 1992.

Without that ‘reserve currency status”, U.S. government bonds would have less value, thus there would be less of a market for them, and the federal government would be in financial trouble.

Israel completed a successful bond issue on Wednesday, selling $3 billion worth of government bonds, despite the government’s large budgetary deficit and prolonged political gridlock.

Its dominant role translates to low financing costs for the U.S. government due to demand for dollar-denominated assets including government bonds.

Concern over the type of investments being made, and the provenance of the money being invested, led the Abbott government to introduce restrictions from July 2015, compelling investment in venture capital and keeping money out of government bonds.

Central banks create money by issuing interest-free currency notes and selling them to the public (government) in exchange for interest-bearing assets such as government bonds.

If desired spending exceeds revenue, the government finance the difference by borrowing from capital markets by issuing government bonds.

Pension-fund capital is being invested almost exclusively in corporate and government bonds, including Government of Kazakhstan Eurobonds.