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index-linked

British  

adjective

  1. (of wages, interest rates, etc) directly related to the cost-of-living index and rising or falling accordingly

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The ONS expects interest payments on those index-linked bonds to rise over coming months.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026

Yields on the 10-year index-linked gilts have climbed as much as 19 basis points since a special election in the Gorton and Denton constituency, in which the Green Party eked out a victory.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 20, 2026

However, around a quarter of the UK's debt is index-linked, meaning that the size of the debt rises with inflation, Mr Hughes said.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2023

The BoE also aimed to sell the 19 billion pounds of long-dated and index-linked gilts in a "timely but orderly" way, Bailey wrote.

From Reuters ● Nov. 4, 2022

While investment funds have made “substantial progress” in reducing their risks, there were further big moves in government bond prices at the beginning of this week, particularly related to index-linked bonds, the bank said.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 11, 2022

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