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Then, in March 2012, the Greek government did finally default on parts of its debt - as there was a new law passed by the government so that private holders of Greek government bonds (banks, insurers and investment funds) would "voluntarily" accept a bond swap with a 53.5% nominal write-off, partly in short-term EFSF notes, partly in new Greek ...
TED is an acronym formed from T-Bill and ED, the ticker symbol for the Eurodollar futures contract. Initially, the TED spread was the difference between the interest rates for three-month U.S. Treasuries contracts and the three-month Eurodollars contract as represented by the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR).
They are also called external bonds. [1] They are usually categorised according to the currency in which they are issued: eurodollar, euroyen, and so on. The name became somewhat misleading with the advent of the euro currency in 1999; eurobonds were created in the 1960s, before the euro existed, and thus the etymology is to "European bonds ...
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan. Darkening skies over Europe's economy, trade and politics sent the euro plummeting to its lowest in two years - just 3% from ...
The Eurodollar futures contract was launched in 1981. It was the first cash-settled futures contract. [13] It traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. [14] Eurodollar futures were an instrument used to wager on Federal Reserve policy or to hedge the direction of short-term interest rates.
Shibosai Bond, a private placement bond in the Japanese market with distribution limited to institutions and banks. Shogun bond, a non-yen-denominated bond issued in Japan by a non-Japanese institution or government [3] Bulldog bond, a pound sterling-denominated bond issued in London by a foreign institution or government. [4]
LONDON (Reuters) -European shares edged up on Tuesday, though moves were subdued in a holiday-curtailed week, while the U.S. dollar held near a two-year high helped by elevated U.S. Treasury ...
This is a list of countries by credit rating, showing long-term foreign currency credit ratings for sovereign bonds as reported by the largest three major credit rating agencies: Standard & Poor's, Fitch, and Moody's.