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  2. Government bond - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Government debt - Wikipedia

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    A country's gross government debt (also called public debt or sovereign debt [1]) is the financial liabilities of the government sector. [2]: 81 Changes in government debt over time reflect primarily borrowing due to past government deficits. [3] A deficit occurs when a government's expenditures exceed revenues.

  4. Bond market - Wikipedia

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    Sovereign debt ("Liberty Bonds") was again used to finance its World War I efforts and issued in 1917 shortly after the U.S. declared war on Germany. Each maturity of bond (one-year, two-year, five-year and so on) was thought of as a separate market until the mid-1970s when traders at Salomon Brothers began drawing a curve through their yields.

  5. List of government bonds - Wikipedia

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    Issued By: Agence France Trésor, the French Debt Agency OATs. BTFs - bills of up to 1 year maturities; BTANs - 1 to 6 year notes; Obligations assimilables du Trésor (OATs) - 7 to 50 year bonds; TEC10 OATs - floating rate bonds indexed on constant 10year maturity OAT yields; OATi - French inflation-indexed bonds; OAT€i - Eurozone inflation ...

  6. List of countries by credit rating - Wikipedia

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    For Fitch, a bond is considered investment grade if its credit rating is BBB− or higher. Bonds rated BB+ and below are considered to be speculative grade, sometimes also referred to as "junk" bonds. [103] Fitch Ratings typically does not assign outlooks to sovereign ratings below B− (CCC and lower) or modifiers.

  7. A forever bond issued 400 years ago still pays interest. Here ...

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    On Dec. 10, 1624, a Dutch water authority sold a bond for 1,200 Carolus guilders to a woman in Amsterdam, promising to pay 2.5% interest in perpetuity. A forever bond issued 400 years ago still ...

  8. List of sovereign debt crises - Wikipedia

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    The list of sovereign debt crises involves the inability of independent countries to meet its liabilities as they become due. These include: A sovereign default, where a government suspends debt repayments; A debt restructuring plan, where the government agrees with other countries, or unilaterally reduces its debt repayments

  9. List of countries by government debt - Wikipedia

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    Gross government debt is government financial liabilities that are debt instruments. [1]: 81 A debt instrument is a financial claim that requires payment of interest and/or principal by the debtor to the creditor in the future. Examples include debt securities (such as bonds and bills), loans, and government employee pension obligations.