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Indeed, when bond markets liquidity dries up, gross supply is what matters.
Tags: bonds   government debt   italy   euro   eurozone  
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Jul
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$6 trillion of AAA paper issued in 2009 (60% of total fixed-income) of which over 50% in government debt (via FT Alphaville » The AAA bubble)

$6 trillion of AAA paper issued in 2009 (60% of total fixed-income) of which over 50% in government debt (via FT Alphaville » The AAA bubble)

Tags: bonds   government debt   AAA   finance   BIS  
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Feb
14th
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Great 100-page presentation on US government debt by the Office of Debt Management via Charting The US Treasury’s Toxic Debt Spiral (And Get Ready For GDP-Linked Bonds) | zero hedge

Tags: government debt   US   bonds   finance   economics  
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Feb
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Tags: finance   bonds   spread   interest rates  
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Jan
19th
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Tags: europe   economics   finance   bonds   governmentdebt   euro   germany   italy   spain   portugal   greece   ireland   PIGS   PIIGS  
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Nov
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European Governments Cash Flows 2010-2011

All you need to know about European government debt in two pictures below from Nomura research:

Tags: euro   europe   germany   france   uk   italy   greece   ireland   spain   portugal   PIGS   PIIGS   government debt   bonds   finance   economics  
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Nov
27th
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Tags: europe   spain   ireland   portugal   euro   government debt   finance   economics   bonds  
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Nov
15th
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Tags: government debt   finance   bonds   italy  
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Nov
1st
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Record low yields show the balance of power has clearly shifted from investor to issuer. U.S. non-financial corporations now have $1 trillion in cash, according to Moody’s, and may choose to spend it on mergers and acquisitions or share buybacks, both potentially damaging for bondholders. The risk of leveraged buyouts also is increasing, as high-yield funding costs have been reduced by low underlying rates.
Tags: finance   qe2   quantitative easing   bonds   stocks  
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Oct
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Tags: finance   government debt   fed   US   treasury   bonds  
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