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Currency Country Generic Name or Nickname Public sector debt 2022 (US dollar bn nominal equivalent) Government financial liabilities as % of GDP (end 2022 - source : OECD) ...
Composition by country as of March 31, 2022 [1]; Country Market Weight % United States: 40.52 EGBI* 31.63 Japan: 16.03 United Kingdom: 4.55 Others: 7.28 * EGBI (FTSE EMU Government Bond Index) consists of EMU-participating countries that meet the WGBI criteria for market inclusion: Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, and Spain
For S&P, 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. An SD rating indicates that the country has selectively defaulted on some outstanding obligations [1] [2]
The yield on a 10-year bond has surged to its highest level since 2008, while the yield on a 30-year bond is at its highest since 1998, meaning it costs the government more to borrow over the long ...
That, in turn, has pushed up the yield on corporate bonds, since virtually all forms of lending use Treasury bonds as their benchmark rate. Currently, yields on Aaa corporate bonds have passed 5.1% .
The yield on a 30-year UK government bond hit 5.115% at one stage on Wednesday morning, which is the highest level since September 1998.
People's Bank of China (PBC) Bonds CNY (¥) France Agence France Tresor (French Treasury) Obligation Assimilable du Tresor (OAT) EUR (€) Germany Finanzagentur (German Finance Agency) Bundesanleihen EUR (€) Japan Ministry of Finance Japanese Government Bonds (JGB) JPY (¥) United Kingdom UK Debt Management Office Gilts GBP (£) United States
In the list below, government debt is measured for the general government sector because the level of government responsible for programs (for example, health care) differs across countries, and the general government comprises central, state, provincial, regional, and local governments, and social security funds. [1]: 18, s2.58, s2.59