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 October sales mostly reflect purchase contracts signed in September, when a selloff in the bond market caused mortgage rates to take off beyond 7%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

The bond market was already adding to the pressure facing the central bank.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026

The bond market has already added to the pressures facing the central bank.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026

The copious amounts of debt rolling out to finance the artificial-intelligence buildout has rattled the bond market this year, as borrowers have needed to pay higher interest rates to find takers for all the supply.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 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

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