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  Treasury bond

  noun

  any of various interest-bearing bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury Department, usually maturing over a long period of time.
• treasury bond
  treasury bond

  noun

  a long-term interest-bearing bond issued by the US Treasury

Treasury bond

American  

Or treasury bond

noun

1. any of various interest-bearing bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury Department, usually maturing over a long period of time.

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treasury bond British  

noun

1. a long-term interest-bearing bond issued by the US Treasury

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Etymology

Origin of Treasury bond

First recorded in 1855–60

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“When I look at a 30-year Treasury bond at 5.33%, that looks pretty attractive to me,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

That calculus hit a snag after the Federal Reserve started hiking rates in 2022, then grew even tougher this year as Treasury bond yields skyrocketed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

An investor who might otherwise buy a US Treasury bond "might decide to buy Microsoft" instead, said Mark Malek, chief investment officer at Siebert Financial, referring to the tech giant's bonds.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

And for the first time since the onset of the Iran conflict, credit spreads — the extra yield investors demand to own corporate debt instead of a comparable Treasury bond — are sending a warning.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

Treasury bond; hardly anyone could understand a subprime mortgage–backed CDO.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

The US Federal Reserve has aggressively increased rates since 2022 pushing treasury bond yields higher.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

They don't know the mechanics of how treasury bonds are bought and sold — they just know that there's a treasury bond market and they need to get some dollars from that.

From Salon ● Apr. 26, 2025

—The bond market freakout: More worrisome to financial observers was weird, counterintuitive activity in the treasury bond market.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025

The June contract on the most liquid three-year treasury bond futures fell as much as 43 ticks before cutting losses slightly to trade 37 ticks lower at 105.23 at 0020 GMT.

From Reuters ● May 16, 2022

Now let’s say you are looking at an investment that has an expected return of 10 percent, and it is not a treasury bond.

From Encyclopedia.com ● Mar. 31, 2018

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