I want you to buy me a government bond.

Due to the huge US budget deficit, the supply of American government bonds will increase astronomically in the years ahead. But there is no guarantee that demand for these Treasury notes among foreign investors including foreign governments will be sufficient.

I don't know.

During the first seven months of 2010, China not only refrained from buying any more US government paper, but even began to sell its holdings. Each month, China sold a net sum of about 7 billion in US government bonds.

I don't know, Mammy.

Given that the assets and liabilities of the Fund are expressed in United States dollars, it is appropriate to develop the assumptions by reference to yields available on United States long term Government Bonds.

NEW HAVEN The prices of long term government bonds have been running very high in recent years (that is, their yields have been very low). In the United States, the 30 year Treasury bond yield reached a record low (since the Federal Reserve series began in 1972) of 2.25 on January 30.

The authorities will issue 35.2 billion in new securities, comprising 15 billion in par bonds, 11.9 billion in discount bonds and 8.3 billion in quasi par bonds.

When Latin American debt was restructured in the 1980 s under the Brady Plan, these sweeteners were provided by the United States Treasury. This time around, the International Monetary Fund and the German government should fill that role.

The Fund apos s bond portfolio was helped by its overweighting in United States and United Kingdom bonds and an underweight position in yen bonds.

Bond holders are to receive 456 million in bonds due in 2011 (with the same coupon of 9.5 per cent) and 574 million in bonds due in 2018 (with the same coupon of 9.04 per cent).

12. On the occasion of previous discussions on the matter of the interest rate to be used, only non indexed United States Government Bonds were available.

The Argentine Government undertook a first debt swap in June 2001 government bonds with a face value of 29.5 billion were voluntarily exchanged for longer term instruments.

The Government supported both construction projects with private activity bonds in the amount of 27.5 million and 101 million respectively.29

This bill makes American Samoa bonds more attractive to investors and will save the Government of American Samoa interest costs on municipal bonds it may issue.16

With no current account surplus, China would no longer be a net purchaser of US government bonds and other foreign securities. Moreover, if the Chinese government and Chinese firms want to continue investing in overseas oil resources and in foreign businesses, China will have to sell dollar bonds or other sovereign debt from its portfolio.

European banks remain balkanized, with a patchwork of national regulators seeking to promote their own champions. European governments debt may all be denominated in euro, but German and Italian debt are hardly the same thing, so the government euro bond market lacks the depth and liquidity of the US Treasury Bill market.

Public and publicly guaranteed debt rose moderately, while bond financing fell dramatically by 40 per cent.

In the eurozone, lower long term rates for government bonds are thus unlikely to improve the corporate sector s financing conditions and boost investment demand. By contrast, in the US, a much larger proportion of investment is financed by issuing bonds, which can have a longer maturity than bank loans.

a An option was included to convert US 30 year bond into a US 12 year bond with debt reduction.

The application of funds of an insurance company is limited to bank deposits, trading of government and financial bonds and other forms of fund application stipulated by the State Council.

Governments and international financial institutions could consider providing bond guarantees to those municipalities.

Why Eurobonds are Un American

Expresses its appreciation for the donation made by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, announced at the Donors Conference (Paris 2) of the amount of US 700 million in the form of securities and of purchasing government bonds.

In the US, the interest rate on government bonds now rises from 1.80 at five years to 2.86 for 10 year bonds and 3.70 for 30 year bonds. Comparing these interest rates with the yields on government inflation protected bonds shows that the corresponding implied inflation rates are 0.9 for five years, 1.3 for 10 years and 1.7 for 30 years.

13. Currently, the 30 year United States inflation indexed Government Bond yields a quot real quot return to maturity of approximately 3.6 per cent per annum.

On 16 October 2004, the President of the United States signed into law a bill approved by unanimous consent of the United States House of Representatives and Senate, which amends the United States code to provide the Government of American Samoa with the authority to issue bonds exempt from state and federal taxation.

One example is Eurobonds, which Merkel has declared taboo. Yet they are the obvious solution to the root cause of the euro crisis, which is that joining the euro exposed member countries government bonds to the risk of default.

To counter the demand for dollars, the Central Bank swapped short term treasury bills to one to two year treasury bills.

So it is very likely that when the global economy has returned to a sort of normality and safe haven demand has declined, the prices of US government securities will fall and their yields will rise. As a result, China s dollar denominated foreign exchange reserves, which account for the largest share of all the foreign holdings of US government securities, will suffer interest rate losses.

CAMBRIDGE Six months ago, I wrote that long term interest rates in the United States would rise, causing bond prices to fall by so much that an investor who owned ten year Treasury bonds would lose more from the decline in the value of the bond than he would gain from the difference between the bonds interest rate and the interest rates on short term money funds or bank deposits.

In January 2005, the Argentine Government presented bond holders with a new debt restructuring deal, involving 152 bonds denominated in six different currencies amounting to roughly 82 billion and subject to eight legal jurisdictions.

Moreover, not forbidding indirect purchases should be seen primarily as a means of permitting banks that buy government bonds to pledge them as collateral for refinancing operations, while bearing the full investment risk. The distinction between bond purchases from the government and from the banks that bought them from the government is a phony one that gives rise to myriad possibilities for circumvention.

South Africa was the only country in sub Saharan Africa to issue on international bond or equity markets in 1997.

Sierra Leone would issue iron ore bonds and Mongolia would issue copper bonds. Investors would be able to buy Guatemala s coffee bonds, Côte d Ivoire s cocoa bonds, Liberia s rubber bonds, Mali s cotton bonds, and Ghana s gold bonds.

Jamaica, for example, would issue aluminum bonds Nigeria would issue oil bonds Sierra Leone would issue iron ore bonds and Mongolia would issue copper bonds. Investors would be able to buy Guatemala s coffee bonds, Côte d Ivoire s cocoa bonds, Liberia s rubber bonds, Mali s cotton bonds, and Ghana s gold bonds.

National Governments may also be able to enhance local authorities' direct access to capital markets, domestic and international, by granting authority to municipalities to issue infrastructure bonds.

However, the 25 largest funds in the United States invest mainly in United States instruments and have liabilities mainly in United States dollars.

The public sector was at the time running a broadly balanced budget, although government expenditure was partly funded by short term dollar denominated bonds (tesobonos).

Among other things, Basel III stipulates that banks do not have to set aside cash against their investments in government bonds with ratings of AA or higher. Moreover, investments in bonds issued by their home governments require no buffer, regardless of the rating.

Investors tendered 91.2 per cent of the 500 million in bonds due in 2006 and 95.7 per cent of the 600 million in bonds due in 2013.

In early 2013, the government was forced to announce a 32 devaluation, and stopped issuing government debt in dollars. The issuance of dollar bonds was a major source of abuse, with speculators buying dollar debt at the official exchange rate, selling it for greenbacks, and then exchanging them for bolivars at a much higher rate on the black market.

But if they maintain large budget deficits and continue to monetize them, at some point after the current deflationary forces become more subdued bond markets will revolt. At this point, inflationary expectations will increase, long term government bond yields will rise, and the recovery will be crowded out.

If there is 120 of collateral guaranteeing a 100 bond, the bond is safer, no doubt. How much safer, however, depends upon the returns on the pool of bonds that compose the CDO.

In 1996, Mexico and the Philippines swapped 4.4 billion of their Brady bonds for uncollateralized long term bonds.