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

The president noted the bond market reaction had been “very tricky” when he said he would scale back some tariffs in April last year.

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But Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent insisted Wednesday that the Treasuries selloff had more to do with moves in the Japanese bond market, where investors are fretting about increased government spending and tax-cut pledges.

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James Carville, advisor to President Bill Clinton, notably once said he wants to be reincarnated as the bond market, because it can intimidate everyone.

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Global bond market turmoil, including a record slump in Japan, leads to sharp declines in stocks.

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That might not be enough to undo the damage from a bond market selloff that also was tied to concerns such as Fed independence, and Japan’s fiscal woes, that won’t be addressed in the Swiss mountain resort.

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