The yield-to-maturity on an indexed bond is already in real terms because the coupons are indexed to inflation.

这种债券的到期收益率,就是实际收益率,因为票息已经被通胀指数化了

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Now what happens is, I now get the maturity of this bond.

现在两年期债券到期了

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The shortest term debt instrument in the United States is the Federal Funds Rate, which is an overnight rate--one day maturity-- and the longest issued by the Government is a thirty-year government bond, which will be repaid three decades in the future.

美国最短期的债券,是联邦基金利率,隔夜拆兑,一天到期,而时间最长的国债,是一种三十年期的政府债券,未来三十年才兑现

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