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Securities

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Markets Bond market Stock market Stock exchange

Stocks Share Stock Warrant

Bonds by coupon Fixed rate bond Floating rate note Zero coupon bond Inflation-indexed bond

Bonds by collateral Asset-backed security Collateralized debt obligation Collateralized mortgage obligation Cr linked note Mortgage-backed security Unsecured bond

Bonds by issuer Corporate bond Government bond Municipal bond Sovereign bond

A government bond is a bond issued by a national government denominated in the country's own currency. Bonds issued by national governments in foreign currencies are normally referred to as sovereign bonds.

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Contents 1 Risk 2 Issuance 3 See also 4 List of government bonds from the main issuers 4.1 Asia 4.1.1 Japan (AA-/A2) 4.2 Europe 4.2.1 Eurozone 4.2.1.1 France (AAA/Aaa) 4.2.1.2 Germany (AAA/Aaa) 4.2.1.3 Italy (AA- "with negative outlook"/Aa2) 4.2.2 United Kingdom (AAA/Aaa) 4.3 North America 4.3.1 United States (AAA/Aaa)

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Risk

Government bonds are usually referred to as risk-free bonds, because the government can raise taxes or simply print more money to redeem the bond at maturity. Some counterexamples do exist where a government has defaulted on its domestic currency debt, such as Russia in 1998, though this is very rare.

As an example, in the US, Treasury securities are denominated in US dollars and are the safest US dollar investments. In this instance, the term risk-free means free of cr risk. However, other risks still exist: such as currency risk for foreign investors (for example non-US investors of US Treasuries would have received lower returns in 2004 because the value of the US dollar declined against most other currencies). Secondly, there is inflation risk - in that the principal repaid at maturity will have less purchasing power than anticipated if the inflation outturn is higher than expected. Many governemnts issue inflation-indexed bonds, which protect investors against inflation risk.

Issuance

Government bonds are issued through agencies that are part of the government's treasury department, for example

• Bunds are bonds issued by the German Finance Agency, denominated in euros
• Gilts are bonds issued by the UK Debt Management Office and are denominated in sterling
• US Treasuries are issued by the Bureau of the Public Debt

See also

• Government debt
• List of government bonds

List of government bonds from the main issuers?