The Fed threw everything but the kitchen sink at the bond market to force yields lower, yet they rose anyway.
Bulls also say equities remain cheap relative to companies' earnings, and that low bond yields will force more investors to buy companies' shares.
Bulls also argue equities remain cheap, relative to companies' earnings, and that low bond yields will force more investors to buy companies' shares.
An increase in long-term rates would force bond prices to implode.
If the markets start to believe a country's deficit is out of control they will force its bond yields sharply higher, in effect tightening monetary policy.
Callability means the issuer can force you to surrender the bond early, and it will do so if interest rates decline a lot after the bond is issued.
Whenever such a bond occurred, the tip experienced a downward force which was registered by the microscope.
Some expect the bond market and a downgrade in our credit rating to force limits, which seems unlikely given weaker conditions in other countries.
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Beyond rejecting joint debt issuance, Germany has been the one force pushing against greater ECB involvement in settling sovereign bond markets.
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For years, strategists and soothsayers have been predicting that low rates on bonds, generally benchmarked by a 10-year Treasury bond rate that has largely remained under 2%, would force investors into riskier assets.
If they pulled out their money in a rush, that would force the savings bank to raise money by selling securities, including its huge government bond positions, sending the bond markets crashing.
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One advantage of this is that it would eliminate the cost of re-establishing a government-bond market in a couple of decades' time, when the rising costs of ageing populations will surely force governments to start borrowing again.
Meanwhile, the Air Force says that the adultery and fraternization charges are less serious than the charges that she broke a bond of trust with her superiors.
The offender gradually moves from being a stranger using force to an acquaintance using seduction to a father-like or domestic figure using a family-like bond.
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