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  2. United States Treasury security - Wikipedia

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    1979 $10,000 Treasury Bond. Treasury bonds (T-bonds, also called a long bond) have the longest maturity at twenty or thirty years. They have a coupon payment every six months like T-notes. [12] The U.S. federal government suspended issuing 30-year Treasury bonds for four years from February 18, 2002, to February 9, 2006. [13]

  3. Yield curve - Wikipedia

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    10 year minus 2 year treasury yield. In finance, the yield curve is a graph which depicts how the yields on debt instruments – such as bonds – vary as a function of their years remaining to maturity. [1][2] Typically, the graph's horizontal or x-axis is a time line of months or years remaining to maturity, with the shortest maturity on the ...

  4. Government bond - Wikipedia

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    Government bond. A government bond or sovereign bond is a form of bond issued by a government to support public spending. It generally includes a commitment to pay periodic interest, called coupon payments, and to repay the face value on the maturity date. For example, a bondholder invests $20,000, called face value or principal, into a 10-year ...

  5. United States Savings Bonds - Wikipedia

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    The interest rate of a Series HH bond was set at purchase and remained that rate for 10 years. After 10 years the rate could be adjusted, with interest paid at the new rate for the remaining 10 year life of the bond. [24] After 20 years, the bond would be redeemed for its original purchase price. Issuance of Series HH bonds ended August 31, 2004.

  6. Federal funds rate - Wikipedia

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    The target rate remained at 5.25% for over a year, until the Federal Reserve began lowering rates in September 2007. The last cycle of easing monetary policy through the rate was conducted from September 2007 to December 2008 as the target rate fell from 5.25% to a range of 0.00–0.25%.

  7. Yield (finance) - Wikipedia

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    In finance, the yield on a security is a measure of the ex-ante return to a holder of the security. It is one component of return on an investment, the other component being the change in the market price of the security. It is a measure applied to fixed income securities, common stocks, preferred stocks, convertible stocks and bonds, annuities ...

  8. List of government bonds - Wikipedia

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    Korea Treasury Bond (KTB) Korea International Bond (KIB) National Housing Bond (NHB) Ministry of Strategy and Finance. Japan. Issued By: Ministry of Finance (Zaimu-shō) Japanese Government Bonds (JGBs) Revenue Bonds/Straight Bonds. Financing Bills.

  9. Monetary policy of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Treasury Department sends these requests to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (to make dollar bills) and the Bureau of the Mint (to stamp the coins). The U.S. Treasury sells this newly printed money to the Federal Reserve for the cost of printing. [45] This is about 6 cents per bill for any denomination. [46]