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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Big spending in a jittery bond market is roughly like lighting a match to check if the gas leak is real.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

That has the ironic consequence of increasing the forecasted return of the stock market relative to the bond market.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026

The purchases could provide support to the domestic bond market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

For all the current economic and geopolitical turmoil, the U.S. bond market is remarkably sanguine about the risks of a U.S. economic recession, even after oil’s big price jump.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026

Most people didn’t understand how what amounted to a two-decade boom in the bond market had overwhelmed everything else.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis