Lexic.us

Definition of Government bond

1. Noun. A bond that is an IOU of the United States Treasury; considered the safest security in the investment world.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Government Bond

Literary usage of Government bond

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Science of Finance: An Investigation of Public Expenditures and Public by Henry Carter Adams (1898)
"A government bond Considered as Commercial ... Quite a number of facts are implied in this statement that a government bond is a form of commercial paper, ..."

2. Bond Market Development in Asia by Oecd, OECD Staff (2001)
"FURTHER REFORMS AFTER THE "BIG BANG": THE JAPANESE government bond MARKET I. Introduction by Professor Ghon Rhee At the end of 1999, Japanese government ..."

3. Central Government Debt: Statistical Yearbook, 1996-2005 = Dette de L by Publi Oecd Published by Oecd Publishing, SourceOECD (Online service) (2006)
"2.1.2.2 Index-linked bonds The 7-year index-linked government bond was issued for ... The coupon rate of this floating rate government bond is linked to the ..."

4. OECD Public Debt Markets: Trend and Recent Structural Changes by Oecd, Asian Productivity Organization, (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope (2002)
"Market Effects and Policy Issues in a Deficit Environment Measures to increase liquidity in the government bond market Increasing fiscal deficits in the ..."

5. China in the World Economy: The Domestic Policy Challenges by Charles A Pigott (2002)
"Other bond markets The government bond market, which in most countries represents ... A competitive and liquid government bond market provides a benchmark ..."

6. The War Purse of Indiana: The Five Liberty Loans and War Savings and Thrift by Walter Sidney Greenough, Indiana Historical Commission (1922)
"There is nothing so good as a government bond; there is nothing so near cash as a government bond; there is nothing the principal of which is so absolutely ..."

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