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

Anna Macdonald, investment strategy director at Hargreaves Lansdown, said the bond market had been "frazzled" by concerns a different prime minister might take a different view on borrowing, "relaxing fiscal rules or extending them".

From BBC • May 12, 2026

The stock market has appeared less worried than the bond market about inflation.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

The looming costs associated with keeping cities livable for residents can take a back seat to pension and debt payments—and remain invisible to investors in the $4 trillion muni bond market.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Stocks surged to new highs last week, fully erasing losses caused by the U.S.-Iran war, but the bond market could spoil the party.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

So he just laid it out for his investors: The U.S. mortgage bond market was huge, bigger than the market for U.S.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis