bond market

Cultural  

1. The market in which bonds are traded before their maturity. If interest rates decline after a bond has been issued, the value of bonds already issued with higher rates of interest will rise, and hence the bond market is said to be “up.” A rise in interest rates will lower the value of bonds issued with lower rates of interest and send the bond market “down.”

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Example Sentences

In the bond market, yields move in the opposite direction to prices, and rise whenever government debt sells off.

From MarketWatch

Before Ueda’s comments on Monday, investors had been more focused on the prospect of aggressive fiscal stimulus under Japan’s first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, and the possibility that a subsequent rise in yields might make the country’s bond market look more attractive relative to the U.S. and the rest of the world.

From MarketWatch

The government floated the idea of an economically efficient income-tax rise in the run-up to the budget, and the bond market loved it.

From The Wall Street Journal

But whether they know or not, getting re-elected while staying within the strictures of the bond market is going to be tough.

From The Wall Street Journal

Eastern, and the bond market will close at 2:00 p.m.

From MarketWatch