bond market

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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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The bond market could not be clearer about this.

From Slate ● Sep. 12, 2026

In the hours that followed, investors appeared to change their mind on just what the inflation report meant for the bond market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

“The risk,” Bowler stresses, “is that a seemingly benign policy decision produces a disorderly bond market tantrum by undermining confidence in the broader policy mix.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026

“If Scott Bessent thought this move would stabilize the U.S. bond market, he was wrong,” XTB’s Kathleen Brooks said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

By early June the subprime mortgage bond market had resumed what would become an uninterrupted decline, and the FrontPoint positions began to move—first by thousands and then by millions of dollars a day.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis