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By convention, the risk-free interest rate is the yield that the investor can obtain by acquiring financial instruments with no default risk. In practice, finance professionals and academics classify government bonds denominated in the domestic currency of the issuing government as risk free because of the extremely low probability that the government will default on its own debt.
National Savings and Investments (NS&I), formerly called the Post Office Savings Bank and National Savings, is a state-owned savings bank in the United Kingdom. It is both a non-ministerial government department [1] and an executive agency of HM Treasury. [2]
Index-linked Savings Certificates are British inflation linked bonds from National Savings and Investments, the state-owned savings bank in the United Kingdom. The bond terms are typically 2, 3 or 5 years. The returns are linked to Retail Price Index (RPI) with a tiny added interest rate on top. The Bonds can no only be cashed in at maturity.
Eurodollar bond, a U.S. dollar-denominated bond issued by a non-U.S. entity outside the U.S [1] Baklava bond, a bond denominated in Turkish Lira and issued by a domestic or foreign entity in the Turkish market [2] Yankee bond, a US dollar-denominated bond issued by a non-US entity in the US market
In currencies, the dollar index held near a two-year high at 108.11, having climbed more than 2% for the month thus far. The euro eased 0.04% to $1.0401, while the yen languished near a five-month ...
Thus, while the dollar has dipped today in line with bond yields, the longer-term bull argument appears intact. ... Wagers on the Fed have gone the other way, with the probability of a rate cut in ...
The Philippines’ inflation target is measured through the Consumer Price Index (CPI). For 2009, inflation target has been set to be 3.5 percent, having a 1% tolerance level, and 4.5 percent for 2010, also having 1% tolerance. Also, the Monetary Board of the Philippines announced a target of around 4±1 percent from 2012 to 2014. [14]
The 10-year Treasury bond jumped six basis points to 4.332%. PPI showed wholesale prices rose 0.4% last month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Thursday. The data came in higher than consensus ...